చిచ్చు

See also: చచ్చు and చొచ్చు

Telugu

Alternative forms

చిౘ్చు (ciĉcu)

Etymology

Cognate with Kannada ಕಿಚ್ಚು (kiccu)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɪt͡ɕːʊ/, [t͡ʃɪt͡ʃːʊ]
Rhymes: -చ్చు

Noun

చిచ్చు • (ciccu) n (plural చిచ్చులు)

flame, fire
Synonyms: నిప్పు (nippu), మంట (maṇṭa), అగ్ని (agni), జ్వాల (jvāla)

Derived terms

చిచ్చుపెట్టు (ciccupeṭṭu, “to set fire”)
చిచ్చుబుడ్డి (ciccubuḍḍi, “firepot”)

References

"చిచ్చు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page {{{1}}}
చిచ్చు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)

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