చిల్లర
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Tamil சில்லறை (cillaṟai, “sundries, trifles”), Malayalam ചില്ലറ (cillaṟa) and perhaps Hindi चिल्लर (cillar, “loose change”).
Pronunciation
[edit]IPA(key): /t͡ɕilːaɾa/, [t͡ʃilːaɾa]
Adjective
[edit]చిల్లర • (cillara)
- retail, as a shop
- చిల్లర వ్యాపారం ― cillara vyāpāraṁ ― retail business
- miscellaneous, sundry, stray, trifling, mean, of no note or importance, subordinate
- vile, base
Noun
[edit]చిల్లర • (cillara) ? (plural చిల్లరలు)
References
[edit]- "చిల్లర" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 421
- "చిల్లర" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 188
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “cillaṟai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 224.