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چنک

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Brahui

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Etymology

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Cognate with Tamil சின்ன (ciṉṉa). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Adjective

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چُنَک (cunak)

  1. small
    Antonym: بَلُن (balun)
  2. younger

References

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  • Bray, Denys (1934) “chunak”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 96
  • Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2594”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.