నిచ్చెన
Telugu edit
Etymology edit
From నిల్చు (nilcu, Derived from Proto-Dravidian *nil) + -ఎన (-ena, tool marker). On the other hand, could be from Prakrit णिस्सेणि (ṇisseṇi), from Sanskrit निःश्रेणि (niḥśreṇi), from निश्रेणी (niśreṇī), from the root निश्रि (niśri, “to lean on or against”).
Pronunciation edit
IPA(key): /nit͡ɕːena/, [nit͡ʃːena]
- Rhymes: -న
Noun edit
నిచ్చెన • (niccena) ? (plural నిచ్చెనలు)
- ladder
- ఆకాశానికి నిచ్చెన వేశేవాడు ― ākāśāniki niccena vēśēvāḍu ― ambitious (literally, “one who plants a ladder on the sky”)
Synonyms edit
- నిశ్రేణి (niśrēṇi)
References edit
- "నిచ్చెన" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 0651