चिकण

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕi.kəɳ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀡 (cikkaṇa).

Adjective

चिकण • (cikaṇ)

1. (rare) unctuous, gummy, sticky
   • 2015, Dr. G. K. Zende, जमीन आणि जमिनीची निगा, page 20:

     भंडारा जिल्ह्यातील वैनगंगेच्या काठची जमीन चिकण व उथळ प्रकारची आहे.

     bhaṇḍārā jilhyātīl vaingaṅgecyā kāṭhcī jamīn cikaṇ va uthaḷ prakārcī āhe.

     The bank of the Wainganga River in Bhandara district is of the sticky and shallow kind.

Derived terms

• चिकणमाती (cikaṇmātī)

Etymology 2

Noun

चिकण • (cikaṇ) n

1. Alternative form of चिकन (cikan, “chicken”)

Further reading

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चिकण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चिकण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cikaṇ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press