చిల్లర

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil சில்லறை (cillaṟai, “sundries, trifles”), Malayalam ചില്ലറ (cillaṟa) and perhaps Hindi चिल्लर (cillar, “loose change”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕilːaɾa/, [t͡ʃilːaɾa]

Adjective

చిల్లర • (cillara)

1. retail, as a shop

   చిల్లర వ్యాపారం ― cillara vyāpāraṁ ― retail business

2. miscellaneous, sundry, stray, trifling, mean, of no note or importance, subordinate
3. vile, base

Noun

చిల్లర • (cillara) ? (plural చిల్లరలు)

1. (petty) change, loose money, small coins or money of smaller denominations

References

• "చిల్లర" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 421
• "చిల్లర" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 188
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “cillaṟai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 224.