As a Hindi name
छेक · ćhek · s.m.
= ćhed, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 468
छेक · ćhek · adj.
Tame, domesticated; shrewd, sharp, smart — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 468
छेक · masculine
wound, cut
Śabdasāgara also records: पालतू । घरेलू · नागर । बिदग्ध
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit छेद — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit 𑀙𑁂𑀅 (chea) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), from Sanskrit छेद (cheda, “hole”). Doublet of छेद (ched) and छेउ (cheu).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
cheda mfn. ifc. ‘cutting off’, see sthāṇu-
cheda m. divisor, denominator, VarBṛ. viii, 4; Laghuj. vii, 6
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
clever, shrewd
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
cheka mf(ā)n. clever, shrewd, Jain. (HPariś. ii, 447)
domesticated, L.
cheka m. a bee, L.
= ˚kānuprāsa, Kpr. ix, 2; Sāh. x, 3.
cheka a. [cho-bā˚ ḍekan Tv.] 1 Tame, domesticated (as a beast). 2 Citizen, town-bred. 3 Shrewd, trained in the acuteness and vice of towns. — kaḥ 1 A bee. 2 A kind of anuprāsa see below. Comp. — anuprāsaḥ one of the five kinds of anuprāsa, ‘the single alliteration’, which is a similarity occurring once (or singly) and in more than one way among a collection of consonants; e. g. ādāya bakulagaṃdhānaṃdhīkurvanpade pade bhramarān . ayameti maṃdamaṃdaṃ kāverīvāripāvanaḥ pavanaḥ .. S. D. 634. — apahnutiḥ f. a figure of speech; one of the varieties of apahnuti. The Candrāloka thus defines and illustrates it: -chekāṃpahnutiranyasya śaṃkātastasya nihnave . prajalpanmatpade lagnaḥ kāṃtaḥ kiṃ na hi nūpuraḥ 5. 27. — uktiḥ f. insinuation, double entendre.
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