کشکنگ

Brahui

Etymology

Cognate to Telugu గిచ్చు (giccu), Gondi కిస్కానా (kiskānā), కిచ్చానా (kiccānā) and possibly Elamite [script needed] (šiška, “to draw off”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

کِشْکِنْگ (kiśkiṅg)

1. to pluck, break off

Further reading

• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1513”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.