chijoón

Kohistani Shina

Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit छिद्यते (chidyate, to be cut),[1] from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śćidyátay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sčidyátay, from Proto-Indo-European *skid-yé-tor, from *skeyd-, from *skey-, from possibly *sek- + *-éyti.

    Verb

    chijoón (intransitive)[2]

    1. to break

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “chidyatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 277
    2. ^ Schmidt, Ruth Laila; Kohistani, Razwal; Zarin, Mohammad Manzar (2008), A Grammar of the Shina Language of Indus Kohistan, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 146