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Persian
Etymology
According to Monchi-Zadeh, the basic meaning is "small hard ball" and is borrowed from a Northeastern Iranian language: compare Pashto ځغاله (źəǧālá, “small lump of dough”).[1]
Compare also Armenian կաղաղ (kaġaġ), ցոգոլ (cʻogol).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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čağāla
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| Dari reading?
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čağāla
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| Iranian reading?
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čağâle
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| Tajik reading?
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čaġola
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Noun
چغاله • (čağâle)
- (rare) unripe fruit
- unripe almond
- Synonym: چغالهبادام (čağâle-bâdâm, “unripe almond”)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: çağala, çaqqala, çağla, cağla
- → Ottoman Turkish: چاغلا (çağala, çağla, “unripe almond”), چغاله (çağala, çağla), چغله (çağala, çağla), چغلا (çağala, çağla)
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