𑀙𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇
Prakrit
editAlternative forms
edit- 𑀙𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀇 (chikkei)
Etymology
editFrom 𑀙𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓 (chikka), 𑀙𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (chikkā), from Sanskrit छिक्का (chikkā). Possibly influenced by or adapted from New Sanskrit छिक्कति (chikkati). Ultimately an onomatopoeia.
Verb
edit𑀙𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (chikkaï) (Devanagari छिक्कइ, Kannada ಛಿಕ್ಕಇ) (intransitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)
- to sneeze
Descendants
edit- Gurjara Apabhramsa:
- Hindustani: chī̃knā
- Hindi: छींकना
- Urdu: چِھین٘کْنَا (chī̃knā)
- Konkani: śiṅkce
- Maithili: chikab
- Old Marathi: sīkaṇe
- Marathi: शिंकणे (śiṅkṇe)
- Odia: ଛିଙ୍କିବା (chiṅkibā)
- Punjabi:
References
edit- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chikkaï”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- “छिक्कइ”, in Bhāratīya sāhitya [Indian literature] - Volume 1 (in Hindi), Agra University. K.M. Institute of Hindi Studies and Linguistics, 1956, page 22.