చీల

Telugu

Alternative forms

సీల (sīla)

Etymology

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Noun

చీల • (cīla) n (plural చీలలు)

a nail
Synonyms: మేకు (mēku), మొల (mola), గసి (gasi), జంజడ (jañjaḍa), (double-sided) నెమ్ము (nemmu)
a wooden pin
Synonym: మేకు (mēku)
a linchpin
any fastening, a cornerstone
Synonym: మేకు (mēku)

Derived terms

అడ్డచీల (aḍḍacīla, “cross peg, cross pin”)
ఉట్టిచీల (uṭṭicīla, “rivet”)
చీలమండ (cīlamaṇḍa, “ankle”)
చీలమన్ను (cīlamannu, “crucible luting”)
నాగేటిచీల (nāgēṭicīla, “pin of a plough”)
నిడుపుచీల (niḍupucīla, “straight peg”)
మరచుట్టుచీల (maracuṭṭucīla, “screw”)

References

"చీల" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 424