Alternative spellings of this word include Chippi.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Cippī (चिप्पी) [Also spelled chippi]:—(nf) label, paster.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cippi (ಚಿಪ್ಪಿ):—[noun] = ಚಿಪ್ಪಿಗ [cippiga].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Cippi (சிப்பி) noun < Pkt. śippī < śukti.

1. Shell; முத்து முதலியவற்றைப் பொதிந்திருக்கும் ஓடு. [muthu muthaliyavarraip pothinthirukkum odu.]

2. Shell-fish; சிப்பியோடுகூடிய நீர்வாழ்பிராணி. நண்டு சிப்பி வேய்கதவி [sippiyodugudiya nirvazhpirani. nandu sippi veykathavi] (நல்வழி [nalvazhi], 36).

3. Coconut-shell for measuring out curds; தயிர் அளந்துவிடும் கொட்டாங்கச்சி. [thayir alanthuvidum kottangachi.] Local usage

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Cippi (சிப்பி) noun probably from śilpin.

1. See சிற்பி. [sirpi.]

2. Tailor; தையற்காரன். [thaiyarkaran.] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 5, 32, அடிக்குறிப்பு [adikkurippu]).

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Cīppi (சீப்பி) noun < சூப்பு-. [suppu-.] A kind of sweetmeat. See சூப்பி¹ [suppi¹], 2. Colloq.

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Starts with: Cippiga, Cippigiti, Cippika, Cippilatti, Cippili, Cippilittattu, Cippiniru, Cippitika, Cippittattu, Cippiyaccu, Cippiyamana, Cippiyan, Cippiyavelai.

Ends with: Avakacippi, Cantirancippi, Caracippi, Cattacippi, Cippuccippi, Cunnampuccippi, Kauricippi, Kutaccippi, Kuti-karcippi, Muralaccippi, Muttuccippi.

Full-text (+10): Sippi, Chippi, Cippiniru, Cippuccippi, Cunnampuccippi, Cippiyaccu, Cippittattu, Kuti-karcippi, Cattacippi, Kutaccippi, Shukti, Muralaccippi, Kuvatti, Cantirancippi, Patolakam, Shilpin, Sambuka, Kauricippi, Kavatti, Muttuccippi.

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