నిచ్చెన
Telugu
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editIPA(key): /nit͡ɕːena/, [nit͡ʃːena]
- Rhymes: -న
Noun
editనిచ్చెన • (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