छींक
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀙𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (chikkā), from Sanskrit छिक्का (chikkā, onomatopoeia). Doublet of छिक्का (chikkā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰĩːk/
Noun
छींक • (chī̃k) f (Urdu spelling چھین٘ک)
- a sneeze
- Synonyms: क्षुत (kṣut), क्षुत् (kṣut), क्षुति (kṣuti), छिक्का (chikkā)
Declension
Declension of छींक (fem cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | छींक chī̃k | छींकें chī̃kẽ |
| oblique | छींक chī̃k | छींकों chī̃kõ |
| vocative | छींक chī̃k | छींको chī̃ko |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyamāsundara, “छीँक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, 1965–1975, page 1642.
- Platts, John Thompson, “छींक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co., 1884
- Turner, Ralph Lilley, “chī˜k”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, 1969–1985.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart, “छींक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, 1993.
- “چھین٘ک”, in Rekhta Urdu Dictionary, Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2021.