खिच्चा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• খিচ্চা (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬶᬘ᭄ᬘᬵ (Balinese script)
• খিচ্চা (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰰𑰓𑰿𑰓𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ခိစ္စာ (Burmese script)
• ખિચ્ચા (Gujarati script)
• ਖਿਚ੍ਚਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑌿𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦶꦕ꧀ꦕꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂱𑂒𑂹𑂒𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಖಿಚ್ಚಾ (Kannada script)
• ខិច្ចា (Khmer script)
• ຂິຈ຺ຈາ (Lao script)
• ഖിച്ചാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᡳᢜᢜᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘱𑘓𑘿𑘓𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠢᢋᢋᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑧒𑦳𑧠𑦳𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐶𑐔𑑂𑐔𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଖିଚ୍ଚା (Odia script)
• ꢓꢶꢗ꣄ꢗꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆴𑆖𑇀𑆖𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖰𑖓𑖿𑖓𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඛිච‍්චා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩑𑩡 𑪙𑩡𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚮𑚏𑚶𑚏𑚭 (Takri script)
• கி²ச்சா (Tamil script)
• ఖిచ్చా (Telugu script)
• ขิจฺจา (Thai script)
• ཁི་ཙྩཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒱𑒔𑓂𑒔𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨁𑨣𑩇𑨣𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰit.t͡ɕɑː/, [kʰit̚.t͡ɕɑː]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰit̪.t͡ɕɑː/, [ˈkʰit̪̚.t͡ɕɑː]

Noun

खिच्चा • (khiccā) stem, f

1. khichdi, a kind of dish made of rice and peas etc.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of खिच्चा (khiccā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	खिच्चा khiccā	खिच्चे khicce	खिच्चाः khiccāḥ
Vocative	खिच्चे khicce	खिच्चे khicce	खिच्चाः khiccāḥ
Accusative	खिच्चाम् khiccām	खिच्चे khicce	खिच्चाः khiccāḥ
Instrumental	खिच्चया / खिच्चा¹ khiccayā / khiccā¹	खिच्चाभ्याम् khiccābhyām	खिच्चाभिः khiccābhiḥ
Dative	खिच्चायै khiccāyai	खिच्चाभ्याम् khiccābhyām	खिच्चाभ्यः khiccābhyaḥ
Ablative	खिच्चायाः / खिच्चायै² khiccāyāḥ / khiccāyai²	खिच्चाभ्याम् khiccābhyām	खिच्चाभ्यः khiccābhyaḥ
Genitive	खिच्चायाः / खिच्चायै² khiccāyāḥ / khiccāyai²	खिच्चयोः khiccayoḥ	खिच्चानाम् khiccānām
Locative	खिच्चायाम् khiccāyām	खिच्चयोः khiccayoḥ	खिच्चासु khiccāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Sauraseni Prakrit: [script needed] (khicca)
  • Hindi: खिचड़ी (khicṛī)
  • Bengali: খিচুড়ি (khicuṛi)
  • Odia: ଖେଚୁଡି (khecuḍi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “खिच्चा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 339/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 144