chikan
Syllables: Chi·kan
chikan noun: any act of public molestation or offense, usually of a sexual nature, against unsuspecting victims.
Noun (1)
chikan (plural chikan or chikans)
Noun (2)
chikan (countable and uncountable, plural chikans)
- A form of Indian cotton embroidery that is associated with the Lucknow area.
- A collection of Calcutta chikan-work. Sent by Patna Chikanwala and Sons of Taltala, Calcutta1885, Official Report of the Calcutta International Exhibition, page 34
- For many reasons, certain chikan stitches are not stem stiches or satin stitches —not even the technique is commensurate.1999, Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber, Embroidering Lives: Women's Work and Skill in the Lucknow Embroidery Industry
- An item (such as a sari, bedspread, cushion cover, etc) that is made with chikan embroidery.
- More and more people in India and abroad are getting familiar with the exquisite embroidered chikans of Lucknow, embroidered by the delicate and clever fingers of about 4000 ladies in and around the old city.1967, Traveller in India - Volume 11, page 31
- Hetal's family sends her suitcasefuls of exquisite Lucknow chikans, all in white.2003, Usha K. R., The Chosen, page 231
Proper noun capitalized: Chikan
Chikan
- A town in Kaiping, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China.
- Close to 4,000 households are being forced out of a centuries-old town on the western edge of the Pearl River Delta by their local government, which has teamed up with an investment firm to turn it into a tourist attraction.
It’s not what the residents of Chikan’s old town expected when the nearby...2017 August 28, He Huifeng, “Families who’ve lived in old Chinese town for generations being kicked out to make way for tourists”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
- Close to 4,000 households are being forced out of a centuries-old town on the western edge of the Pearl River Delta by their local government, which has teamed up with an investment firm to turn it into a tourist attraction.
Examples of chikan in a sentence
- In most markets, you will find amazing varieties in which chikan can be used: in bedspreads, napkins, curtains, cushion covers, besides sarees2004, Travel House Guide To Incredible India, page 74:
- Dhaka was an important centre of chikan craft.2010, Neel Mani Prasad Verma, I. C. Awasthi, Contractual Employment in Indian Labour Market: Emergence and Expansion, page 327:
- You know I help women who do the chikan embroidery work?2011, Subhadra Sen Gupta, The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook:
- That's why he wanted Ammi and Asharfi to sell the house and join him in Delhi, away from the nose-picking, Ganj-strolling, chikan-wearing, coffee-drinking habits of a lifetime.2008, Mukul Kesavan, Looking Through Glass, page 324:
Synonyms of chikan
Forms of chikan
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chikan |
| plural | chikans |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Ch'ih-k'an |
Origin of chikan
Borrowed from Japanese 痴漢.
From Hindi चिकन (cikan).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 赤坎 (Chìkǎn).
Questions about chikan
- What does chikan mean?
- Chikan means any act of public molestation or offense, usually of a sexual nature, against unsuspecting victims.
- How do you use chikan in a sentence?
- In most markets, you will find amazing varieties in which chikan can be used: in bedspreads, napkins, curtains, cushion covers, besides sarees
- What part of speech is chikan?
- Chikan can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of chikan?
- The plural of chikan is chikan.
Words near chikan in the dictionary
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