చికిత్స

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit चिकित्सा (cikitsā). Cognate with Bengali চিকিৎসা (cikitśa), Punjabi ਚਿਕਿਤਸਾ (cikitsā), Hindi चिकित्सा (cikitsā), Gujarati ચિકિત્સા (cikitsā).

Noun

చికిత్స • (cikitsa) ? (plural చికిత్సలు)

1. treatment
2. (medicine) The medical treatment.

References

• "చికిత్స" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 410