నిచ్చెన
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Telugu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From నిల్చు (nilcu, Derived from Proto-Dravidian *nil) + -ఎన (-ena, tool marker). On the other hand, could be from Prakrit णिस्सेणि (ṇisseṇi), from Sanskrit निःश्रेणि (niḥśreṇi), from निश्रेणी (niśreṇī), from the root निश्रि (niśri, “to lean on or against”).
Pronunciation
[edit]IPA(key): /nit͡ɕːena/, [nit͡ʃːena]
- Rhymes: -న
Noun
[edit]నిచ్చెన • (niccena) ? (plural నిచ్చెనలు)
- ladder
- ఆకాశానికి నిచ్చెన వేశేవాడు ― ākāśāniki niccena vēśēvāḍu ― ambitious (literally, “one who plants a ladder on the sky”)
Synonyms
[edit]- నిశ్రేణి (niśrēṇi)
References
[edit]- "నిచ్చెన" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 0651