चिकण
Marathi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕi.kəɳ/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀡 (cikkaṇa).
Adjective
चिकण • (cikaṇ)
- (rare) unctuous, gummy, sticky
- 2015, Dr. G. K. Zende, जमीन आणि जमिनीची निगा, page 20:
- भंडारा जिल्ह्यातील वैनगंगेच्या काठची जमीन चिकण व उथळ प्रकारची आहे.
- bhaṇḍārā jilhyātīl vaingaṅgecyā kāṭhcī jamīn cikaṇ va uthaḷ prakārcī āhe.
- The bank of the Wainganga River in Bhandara district is of the sticky and shallow kind.
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Derived terms
- चिकणमाती (cikaṇmātī)
Noun
चिकण • (cikaṇ) ?
- Alternative form of चिकन (cikan, “chicken”)
Further reading
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “चिकण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “चिकण”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “cikaṇ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press