चिल्लर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi चिल्लर (cillar), from Kannada ಚಿಲ್ಲರ (cillara). Compare Tamil சில்லறை (cillaṟai, “sundries, trifles”), Malayalam ചില്ലറ (cillaṟa), and Telugu చిల్లర (cillara, “loose change”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪl.ləɾ/, [t͡ʃɪl.lɐɾ]

Noun

चिल्लर • (cillar) m pl

1. change (loose coins in one's pocket)
2. louse

Declension

Declension of चिल्लर (pl-only masc cons-stem)

	plural
direct	चिल्लर cillar
oblique	चिल्लरों cillarõ
vocative	चिल्लरो cillaro

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “चिल्लर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2574, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Kannada ಚಿಲ್ಲರ (cillara). Compare Tamil சில்லறை (cillaṟai, “sundries, trifles”), Malayalam ചില്ലറ (cillaṟa), and Telugu చిల్లర (cillara, “loose change”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕil.ləɾ/

Noun

चिल्लर • (cillar) ?

1. change (loose coins in one's pocket)
2. Mysore thorn, Cæsalpinia sepiaria

Adjective

चिल्लर • (cillar)

1. small, minor

References

• Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “चिल्लर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2574, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.