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Romani
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔 (tikkha) or 𑀢𑀺𑀔𑀺𑀦 (tikhina), from Sanskrit तीक्ष्ण (tīkṣṇa).
Adjective
tikno (feminine tikni, plural tikne)
- small, little
- Antonym: baro
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tīkṣṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 333
- Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “tiknó”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 279
- Marcel Courthiade (2009) “tikn/o¹, -i pl. -e”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 352