चि

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Khaling[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

चि (ci)

  1. beer

Newar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Classical Newar 𑐔𑐷 (cī), perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsa (“salt”). Cognate to Thangmi छ्या, Chepang छेः.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

चि • (ci) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐔𑐶)

  1. salt

Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to collect, gather, pile, build”). Compare Proto-Slavic *činìti (“to instigate, do”), Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”).

Root[edit]

चि • (ci)

  1. to arrange in order, pile up, construct
  2. to collect, gather, accumulate, acquire
  3. to cover, inlay
Derived terms[edit]
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चि‎ (0 c, 5 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to observe, perceive”). Compare Ancient Greek τίω (tíō, “to pay honor, respects (to a person)”).

Alternative forms[edit]

Root[edit]

चि • (ci)

  1. to observe, perceive
  2. to fix the gaze upon, be intent upon
  3. to seek for, investigate, search through
Derived terms[edit]
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चि‎ (0 c, 5 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms
Descendants[edit]
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root चि‎ (1 c, 0 e)

References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “चि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0394.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “चि”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 046
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “चि”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “CI(1-3) - cíti-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 541
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “camríṣ- - CAY¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 531-533
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