చీకటి

See also: చీకుట

Telugu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *cīnkk-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕiːkaʈi/, [t͡ʃiːkaʈi]

Noun

చీకటి • (cīkaṭi) n (plural చీకటులు)

darkness
Synonyms: ఇరులు (irulu), మబ్బు (mabbu), అంధకారము (andhakāramu), తమము (tamamu), తమస్సు (tamassu)

Antonyms: వెలుగు (velugu), ప్రకాశము (prakāśamu)

చీకటి కొన్నాళ్లు, వెన్నెల కొన్నాళ్లు
cīkaṭi konnāḷlu, vennela konnāḷlu
Darkness for some days, moonlight for some days.

References

"చీకటి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 422
చీకటి at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2604, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 226.

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