चोंच
Hindi
editEtymology
editFrom some variant of Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀁𑀘𑀼 (caṃcu, “beak”), borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil சொண்டு (coṇṭu).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editचोंच • (cõc) f (Urdu spelling چونچ)
Declension
editDeclension of चोंच (fem cons-stem)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चोंच”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cañcu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press