चोंच
Hindi
Etymology
From some variant of Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀁𑀘𑀼 (caṃcu, “beak”), borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil சொண்டு (coṇṭu).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃõːt͡ʃ/
Declension
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चोंच”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cañcu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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