An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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drop
  ۱) چکه؛ ۲) چکیدن  
1) cekké; 2) cekidan
Fr.: 1) goutte; 2) tomber goutte à goutte  

1a) A small quantity of liquid that falls or forms in a round or pear-shaped mass.

1b) A very small quantity of liquid; a very small quantity of anything.

  1. To fall in small portions, as water or other liquid.

Etymology (EN): M.E. drop(e), from O.E. dropian; related to O.H.G. triofan, Du. drop, Ger. Tropfen.

Etymology (PE): Cekké, cekidan “drop; small, minute,” cekidan “to drop.”