तीखा تیکھا ♣ Eng. stitch, ticket

तीखा تیکھا ♣ Eng. stitch, ticket

[tīkʰā], adj. sharp, pungent.

[◀MIA: Pk. tikkha- , tiṇha- ‘sharp, fine, pure’; Pa. tikkha- ‘sharp, clever’, tikhiṇa- ‘pointed, sharp, pungent’, tiṇha- ‘sharp (of weapons &c.)’ ◀OIA tīkṣṇá- ‘sharp’ RV., ‘hot, pungent’ MBh. <√tij ‘be sharp’ ◀PIE *(s)teig- ‘to be sharp, pointed; to sting, stab, stick’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. stitch, stick ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. ticket, distinguish, instinct, stigma, instigate, steak ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0352; (Turner, 1966) 5839, p.330; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 301; (MW, 1899) 0446; (Pokorny, 1959) 1016; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.668