ఇంకి

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from English ink, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum (“purple ink used by Roman emperors to sign documents”), from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston, “burned-in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + καίω (kaíō, “burn”).

Noun

ఇంకి • (iṅki) ? (plural ఇంకులు)

  1. ink (a pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.)
    Synonym: సిరా (sirā)

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.