चेना

Hindi

Alternative forms

• चीना (cīnā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀘𑀻𑀡𑀕 (*cīṇaga), from Sanskrit चीनक (cīnaka), from चीन (cīna).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeː.nɑː/, [t͡ʃeː.näː]

Noun

चेना • (cenā) m (Urdu spelling چینا)

1. proso millet, Panicum miliaceum

Declension

Declension of चेना (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चेना cenā	चेने cene
oblique	चेने cene	चेनों cenõ
vocative	चेने cene	चेनो ceno

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चेना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Colin P. Masica (1979) “Aryan and non-Aryan elements in North Indian agriculture”, in M. Deshpande and P. E. Hook, editors, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India‎^[1], Ann Arbor: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, pages 55–151