चिल्लर

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/, [t͡ʃɪl.lɐɾ]

Noun

चिल्लर • (cillar) m pl

  1. change (loose coins in one's pocket)
  2. louse

Declension
Declension of चिल्लर (pl-only masc cons-stem)
plural
direct चिल्लर
cillar
oblique चिल्लरों
cillarõ
vocative चिल्लरो
cillaro

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
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕil.ləɾ/

Noun

चिल्लर • (cillar) ?

  1. change (loose coins in one's pocket)
  2. Mysore thorn, Cæsalpinia sepiaria

Adjective

चिल्लर • (cillar)

  1. 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.
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