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Persian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *čāt- / *čāθ- (“pit, well”), from an early derived form of Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to dig”). Cognate with Sanskrit चात्वाल (cātvāla, “a hole in the ground for constructing the Uttara-vedi, performing oblations, or for sacrificial fire”).[1]
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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čāl
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| Dari reading?
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čāl
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| Iranian reading?
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čâl
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| Tajik reading?
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čol
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Noun
چال • (čâl)
- pit
- hole
- (dialectal, Kazerun) lair
- (dialectal, Kazerun) nest
- (dialectal, Kazerun) den
Derived terms
References
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 252
Urdu
Pronunciation
Noun
چال • (cāl) f (Hindi spelling चाल)
- play, trick
References
- “چال”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.