చీల
Telugu edit
Alternative forms edit
- సీల (sīla)
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
- A nail.
- A wooden pin.
- Synonym: మేకు (mēku)
- A linchpin.
- Any fastening, a cornerstone.
- Synonym: మేకు (mēku)
Derived terms edit
- ఉట్టిచీల (uṭṭicīla, “rivet”)
- నిడుపుచీల (niḍupucīla, “straight peg”)
- అడ్డచీల (aḍḍacīla, “cross peg, cross pin”)
- నాగేటిచీల (nāgēṭicīla, “pin of a plough”)
- మరచుట్టుచీల (maracuṭṭucīla, “screw”)
- చీలమండ (cīlamaṇḍa, “ankle”)
- చీలమన్ను (cīlamannu, “crucible luting”)
References edit
- "చీల" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 424