चिञ्चा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬘᬶᬜ᭄ᬘᬵ (Balinese script)
- চিঞ্চা (Assamese script)
- চিঞ্চা (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰰𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀺𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌚𑌿𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ચિઞ્ચા (Gujarati script)
- ਚਿਞੑਚਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦕꦶꦚ꧀ꦕꦴ (Javanese script)
- ចិញ្ចា (Khmer script)
- ಚಿಞ್ಚಾ (Kannada script)
- ຈິຎ຺ຈາ (Lao script)
- ചിഞ്ചാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘓𑘱𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢋᢈᡛᢋᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᢜᡳᠨᡳᠶᢜᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- စိဉ္စာ (Burmese script)
- 𑦳𑧒𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐶𑐘𑑂𑐔𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଚିଞ୍ଚା (Oriya script)
- ꢗꢶꢛ꣄ꢗꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆴𑆚𑇀𑆖𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖰𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖯 (Siddham script)
- චිඤ්චා (Sinhalese script)
- చిఞ్చా (Telugu script)
- จิญฺจา (Thai script)
- ཙི་ཉྩཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒱𑒘𑓂𑒔𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Of non-Indo-Aryan origin; compare चुञ्चुरी ~ चुञ्चुली (cuñcurī ~ cuñculī, “game played with tamarind seeds”), तिन्तिडी (tintiḍī, “tamarind”).[1] See also Proto-Dravidian *cin-tta.[2][3]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕiɲ.t͡ɕɑː/
Noun
चिञ्चा • (ciñcā) f (Classical Sanskrit)
- tamarind (tree and fruit)
- c. 1500, Bhāva Miśra, Bhāva Prakāśa 7.3.84.1:
- अश्वत्थचिञ्चात्वक्चूर्णं चतुर्थांशेन निक्षिपेत् ।
- aśvatthaciñcātvakcūrṇaṃ caturthāṃśena nikṣipet .
- Put down the sacred fig, tamarind, cinnamon, pounded sandal by a quarter.
- अश्वत्थचिञ्चात्वक्चूर्णं चतुर्थांशेन निक्षिपेत् ।
- c. 1400 – 1600, Rājanighaṇṭu 11.162.1:
- चिञ्चा तु चुक्रिका चुक्रा साम्लिका शाकचुक्रिका ।
- ciñcā tu cukrikā cukrā sāmlikā śākacukrikā .
- The tamarind is [also known as] cukrikā, cukrā, sāmlikā, śākacukrikā.
- चिञ्चा तु चुक्रिका चुक्रा साम्लिका शाकचुक्रिका ।
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of चिञ्चा (ciñcā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | चिञ्चा ciñcā | चिञ्चे ciñce | चिञ्चाः ciñcāḥ |
| Vocative | चिञ्चे ciñce | चिञ्चे ciñce | चिञ्चाः ciñcāḥ |
| Accusative | चिञ्चाम् ciñcām | चिञ्चे ciñce | चिञ्चाः ciñcāḥ |
| Instrumental | चिञ्चया / चिञ्चा¹ ciñcayā / ciñcā¹ | चिञ्चाभ्याम् ciñcābhyām | चिञ्चाभिः ciñcābhiḥ |
| Dative | चिञ्चायै ciñcāyai | चिञ्चाभ्याम् ciñcābhyām | चिञ्चाभ्यः ciñcābhyaḥ |
| Ablative | चिञ्चायाः ciñcāyāḥ | चिञ्चाभ्याम् ciñcābhyām | चिञ्चाभ्यः ciñcābhyaḥ |
| Genitive | चिञ्चायाः ciñcāyāḥ | चिञ्चयोः ciñcayoḥ | चिञ्चानाम् ciñcānām |
| Locative | चिञ्चायाम् ciñcāyām | चिञ्चयोः ciñcayoḥ | चिञ्चासु ciñcāsu |
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Descendants
- Pali: ciñcā
- Prakrit: 𑀘𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀸 (ciṃcā)
- Marathi: चिंच (ciñca)
- → Hindi: चिंचा (ciñcā) (learned)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ciñcā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 260
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 527.
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “cintam”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “चिञ्चा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 395, column 1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “ciñcā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “चिञ्चा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 707
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “चिञ्चा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 94