चिउँडो

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *चिवु ~ *चिबु (civu ~ cibu) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟𑁆𑀟- (-ḍḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit *चिबु (*cibu), an unextended form of चिबुक (cibuka).

Noun

चिउँडो • (ciũḍo)

  1. (anatomy) chin

References

More information
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cibuka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 262: “N. ciũṛo 'chin'”
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “चिउँड़ो”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 173
  • “चिउँडो”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018, page 381, column 2
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चिउँडो”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar, page 190
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