Spick and span in Hindi — Meaning of साफ़ सुथरा (chakachak)

📖 Meaning of “spick and span”

The meaning of “spick and span” in Hindi is साफ़ सुथरा, pronounced chakachak — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.

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chakachak (noun) साफ़ सुथरा

(noun) चकाचक

📘 Definition of spick and span

Alternative form of spick-and-span.

✍️ Spick and span in a sentence

I mopped up the kitchen floor so it was spick-and-span.

रसोई साफ करने के बाद चकाचक हो गई।

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

From spick-and-span-new (literally “new as a recently made spike and chip of wood”) (1570s), from spick (“nail”, variant of spike) + Middle English span-new (“very new”) (from circa 1300 until 1800s), from Old Norse span-nyr, from spann (“chip”) (cognate to Old English spón, English spoon, due to spoons once being made of wood) + nyr (“new”) (cognate to Old English nīewe, English new). Imitation of Dutch spiksplinternieuw (literally “spike-splinter new”), for a freshly built ship. Observe that fresh woodchips are firm and light (if from light wood), but decay and darken rapidly, hence the origin of the term.

Quick facts about “spick and span”

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Word (English)

Spick and span

Meaning in Hindi

साफ़ सुथरा

Pronunciation

chakachak

Part of speech

Noun

Category

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Word Origin (Etymology)

From spick-and-span-new (literally “new as a recently made spike and chip of wood”) (1570s), from spick (“nail”, variant of spike) + Middle English span-new (“very new”) (from circa 1300 until 1800s), from Old Norse span-nyr, from spann (“chip”) (cognate to Old English spón, English spoon, due to spoons once being made of wood) + nyr (“new”) (cognate to Old English nīewe, English new). Imitation of Dutch spiksplinternieuw (literally “spike-splinter new”), for a freshly built ship. Observe that fresh woodchips are firm and light (if from light wood), but decay and darken rapidly, hence the origin of the term.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Hindi meaning of "spick and span" is साफ़ सुथरा (chakachak).

In Devanagari script it is written as साफ़ सुथरा.

It is pronounced "chakachak". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.

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