छींक

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀙𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (chikkā), from Sanskrit छिक्का (chikkā, onomatopoeia). Doublet of छिक्का (chikkā).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰiːŋk/, [t͡ʃʰĩːŋk]

छींक • (chīṅk) f (Urdu spelling چھین٘ک‎)

1. a sneeze

   Synonyms: क्षुत (kṣut), क्षुत् (kṣut), क्षुति (kṣuti), छिक्का (chikkā)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “छीँक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1642
• Platts, John T. (1884), “छींक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “chī˜k”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “छींक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “چھین٘ک”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.