gĩĩthi
- muscular inertia, stiffness, numbness of a joint (for example. the wrist) causing inability to use the limb; involuntary muscular contraction; 2. stubborn cussedness, contrariness born of ill will against another person; dogged persistence in a task, perseverance born of meanness or conceit; 3. (n.k.) diligence, assiduousness, thoroughness