ఇంకి

Telugu

A jar of ink.

Etymology

Borrowed from English ink, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum (“purple ink used by Roman emperors to sign documents”), from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston, “burned-in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + καίω (kaíō, “burn”).

Noun

ఇంకి • (iṅki) ? (plural ఇంకులు)

1. ink (a pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.)

   Synonym: సిరా (sirā)

References

• "ఇంకి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 131