चुसकी

Hindi

Etymology

From चूसना (cūsnā, “to suck”) +‎ -की (-kī, feminine diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʊs.kiː/

Noun

चुसकी • (cuskī) f

1. sip (small taste of a liquid)
2. chuski (kind of Indian popsicle)

Declension

Declension of चुसकी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चुसकी cuskī	चुसकियाँ cuskiyā̃
oblique	चुसकी cuskī	चुसकियों cuskiyõ
vocative	चुसकी cuskī	चुसकियो cuskiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चुसकी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press