చీకటి
See also: చీకుట
Telugu
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *cīnkk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕiːkaʈi/, [t͡ʃiːkaʈi]
Noun
చీకటి • (cīkaṭi) n (plural చీకటులు)
Adjective
చీకటి • (cīkaṭi)
- dark, obscure
- hidden, imperceptible
- Synonym: మరుగు (marugu)
Derived terms
- చీకటిగది (cīkaṭigadi, “dark room”)
References
- "చీకటి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 422
- చీకటి at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2604”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 226.