चिल्लर
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi चिल्लर (cillar), from Kannada ಚಿಲ್ಲರ (cillara). Compare Tamil சில்லறை (cillaṟai, “sundries, trifles”), Malayalam ചില്ലറ (cillaṟa), and Telugu చిల్లర (cillara, “loose change”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪl.ləɾ/, [t͡ʃɪl.lɐɾ]
Noun
चिल्लर • (cillar) m pl
Declension
| plural | |
|---|---|
| direct | चिल्लर cillar |
| oblique | चिल्लरों cillarõ |
| vocative | चिल्लरो cillaro |
References
- Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “चिल्लर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2574”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Kannada ಚಿಲ್ಲರ (cillara). Compare Tamil சில்லறை (cillaṟai, “sundries, trifles”), Malayalam ചില്ലറ (cillaṟa), and Telugu చిల్లర (cillara, “loose change”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕil.ləɾ/
Noun
चिल्लर • (cillar) ?
Adjective
चिल्लर • (cillar)
- small, minor
References
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2574”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.