छीजना چھیجنا ♣ Eng. shed, science

छीजना چھیجنا ♣ Eng. shed, science

[cʰījnā], v.i. to wear away, wear out, decrease.

[◀MIA: Pk. chijjaï ‘is cut, is split’; Pa. chijjati ‘is cut, is split’ ◀OIA chidyatē ‘is cut, is split’ MBh. <√chid ‘cut’ ◀PIE *skē̌i- ‘to cut, separate’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. shed, sheath, shit, shin ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. science, nice ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0468; (Turner, 1966) 5042, p.276; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 276; (MW, 1899) 0406; (Pokorny, 1959) 0919; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.561