చిచ్చు
Telugu
Alternative forms
చిౘ్చు (ciĉcu)
Etymology
Cognate with Kannada ಕಿಚ್ಚು (kiccu). From Proto-Dravidian *kiccV.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕit͡ɕːu/, [t͡ʃit͡ʃːu]
Noun
చిచ్చు • (ciccu) n (plural చిచ్చులు)
Derived terms
- చిచ్చుపెట్టు (ciccupeṭṭu, “to set fire”)
- చిచ్చుబుడ్డి (ciccubuḍḍi, “firepot”)
References
- "చిచ్చు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page {{{1}}}
- చిచ్చు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)