-ச்சி

• -சி (-ci)

• IPA^(key): /-t͡ɕːi/

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognate with Malayalam -ച (-ca), -ച്ച (-cca).

-ச்சி • (-cci)

1. Used to form nouns of being or condition from other nouns or verbs.

   Equivalent to English -ment.

From -இ (-i).

-ச்சி • (-cci)

1. a feminine suffix, used to form feminine nouns, as in ஆய்ச்சி (āycci).

   Synonym: -யி (-yi)

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “சி”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press