चेना

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀘𑀻𑀡𑀕 (*cīṇaga), from Sanskrit चीनक (cīnaka), from चीन (cīna).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeː.nɑː/, [t͡ʃeː.näː]

Noun

चेना • (cenām (Urdu spelling چینا)

  1. proso millet, Panicum miliaceum

Declension

Declension of चेना (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct चेना
cenā
चेने
cene
oblique चेने
cene
चेनों
cenõ
vocative चेने
cene
चेनो
ceno

References

  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चेना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Colin P. Masica (1979) “Aryan and non-Aryan elements in North Indian agriculture”, in M. Deshpande and P. E. Hook, editors, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India[1], Ann Arbor: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, pages 55–151