तिखट

Konkani

Alternative forms

• तीखट (tīkhaṭ)

Etymology

From Maharastri Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔 (tikkha) Sanskrit तीक्ष्ण (tīkṣṇa). Compare Marathi तिखट (tikhaṭ), Hindi तीखा (tīkhā).

Adjective

तिखट • (tikhaṭ) (Latin script tikot, Kannada script ತಿಖಟ್)

1. spicy, hot (of taste)

Marathi

Etymology

From Old Marathi तिखट (tikhaṭa), तीखट (tīkhaṭa), from तीख (tīkha) +‎ -अट (-aṭa), the former from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔 (tikkha), from Sanskrit तीक्ष्ण (tīkṣṇa, “sharp”). Compare Konkani तिखट (tikhaṭ), Gujarati તીખાશ (tīkhāś), Hindi तीखा (tīkhā), Assamese তীখৰ (tikhor).

Adjective

तिखट • (tikhaṭ)

1. spicy, hot

Noun

तिखट • (tikhaṭ) n

1. chili powder

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “तिखट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “तिखट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “तिखट”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tīkṣṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press