चैली
Bhojpuri
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Prakrit *𑀘𑀯𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*cavilla)
Bhojpuri चैली (cailī)
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀘𑀯𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*cavilla, “small stick”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).[1]
Noun
[edit]चैली (cailī) f (Kaithi 𑂒𑂶𑂪𑂲)[2][3]
- diminutive of चैला (cailā): small strip of bamboo, small stick
- secondary wedge fixing the beam of the plough to its body
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*cavilla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 256: “Bi. H. cailā m., °lī f. 'small stick'”
- ^ Arjun Tiwari (2019) “चैली”, in भोजपुरी-हिंदी शब्दकोश [Bhojpuri-Hindi Dictionary][1] (in Hindi), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: University Publications, page 153
- ^ Grierson, George A[braham] (1885) Bihār Peasant Life, being a discursive catalogue of the surroundings of the people of that province[2], Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Press, page 2