చీల

Telugu

Alternative forms

• సీల (sīla)

Etymology

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Noun

చీల • (cīla) n (plural చీలలు)

1. a nail

   Synonyms: మేకు (mēku), మొల (mola), గసి (gasi), జంజడ (jañjaḍa), (double-sided) నెమ్ము (nemmu)

2. a wooden pin

   Synonym: మేకు (mēku)

3. a linchpin
4. any fastening, a cornerstone

   Synonym: మేకు (mēku)

Derived terms

• ఉట్టిచీల (uṭṭicīla, “rivet”)
• నిడుపుచీల (niḍupucīla, “straight peg”)
• అడ్డచీల (aḍḍacīla, “cross peg, cross pin”)
• నాగేటిచీల (nāgēṭicīla, “pin of a plough”)
• మరచుట్టుచీల (maracuṭṭucīla, “screw”)
• చీలమండ (cīlamaṇḍa, “ankle”)
• చీలమన్ను (cīlamannu, “crucible luting”)

References

• "చీల" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 424