किचकिच

Hindi

Alternative forms

• किच-किच (kic-kic)
• कच-कच (kac-kac)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, a reduplication.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɪt͡ʃ.kɪt͡ʃ/

Noun

किचकिच • (kickic) f (Urdu spelling کچکچ)

1. grating sound, crunching sound
2. nagging, enervating and contemptuous objections and arguments (over trifling matters)

   भाइयों में किचकिच ― bhāiyõ mẽ kickic ― wrangle among brothers

   Synonym: किट-किट (kiṭ-kiṭ)

3. clamminess, stickiness, muddiness or other similar repugnant aura

   Synonym: किचपिच (kicpic)

   बारिश में हर जगह किचकिच हो जाती है। ― bāriś mẽ har jagah kickic ho jātī hai. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• किचकिचाना (kickicānā)
• किचकिचाहट (kickicāhaṭ)
• किचकिचिया (kickiciyā)
• किचकिची (kickicī)

 

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “किचकिच”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कच-कच”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press