slippery meaning in Sanskrit
चिक्कण cikkáṇa
/ˈslɪpəɹi/
slippery in Sanskrit: चिक्कण (cikkáṇa). In English, slippery means of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
Sanskrit words for slippery
- slippery
- चिक्कण cikkáṇa
English meaning of slippery
- adjective Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- adjective Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- adjective Liable to slip; not standing firm.
- adjective Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
slippery in a sentence
- Oily substances render things slippery.
Synonyms of slippery
slippery in other languages
- slippery in Hindi
- slippery in Tamil
- slippery in Marathi
- slippery in Urdu
- slippery in Bengali
- slippery in Telugu
- slippery in Malayalam
- slippery in Kannada
- slippery in Gujarati
- slippery in Odia
- slippery in Tagalog
- slippery in Arabic
- slippery in Indonesian
- slippery in Persian
- slippery in Thai
- slippery in Vietnamese
- slippery in Myanmar
Questions about slippery in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of slippery in Sanskrit?
- Slippery in Sanskrit is चिक्कण (cikkáṇa).
- slippery इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Slippery: चिक्कण (cikkáṇa).
- What does slippery mean in English?
- Slippery means of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “slippery”: चिक्कण. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: slippery (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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