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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi चिल्लर (cillar), from Kannada ಚಿಲ್ಲರ (cillara). Compare Tamil சில்லறை (cillaṟai, “sundries, trifles”), Malayalam ചില്ലറ (cillaṟa), and Telugu చిల్లర (cillara, “loose change”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪl.ləɾ/,
Noun
चिल्लर • (cillar) m pl
- change (loose coins in one's pocket)
- louse
Declension
Declension of चिल्लर (pl-only masc cons-stem)
References
- Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “चिल्लर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2574, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Kannada ಚಿಲ್ಲರ (cillara). Compare Tamil சில்லறை (cillaṟai, “sundries, trifles”), Malayalam ചില്ലറ (cillaṟa), and Telugu చిల్లర (cillara, “loose change”).
Pronunciation
Noun
चिल्लर • (cillar) ?
- change (loose coins in one's pocket)
- Mysore thorn, Cæsalpinia sepiaria
Adjective
चिल्लर • (cillar)
- small, minor
References
- Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “चिल्लर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2574, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.