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Pashto
Etymology
From Hindustani, see Urdu چھل and Hindi छल (chal).
Noun
چل • (čal) m (plural چلونه (čaluna))
- deception
- fraud
Derived terms
Persian
Etymology 1
Alternative form of چهل (čehel, “forty”).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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čil
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Dari reading?
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čil
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Iranian reading?
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čel
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Tajik reading?
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čil
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Numeral
چل • (čel) (Persian numeral ۴۰)
- forty
Etymology 2
Alternative form of چول (čul, “penis”).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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čul
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Dari reading?
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čul
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Iranian reading?
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čol
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Tajik reading?
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čul
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Noun
چل • (čol)
- penis
Synonyms
Descendants
Etymology 3
From Azerbaijani çil.
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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čil
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Dari reading?
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čil
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Iranian reading?
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čel
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Tajik reading?
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čil
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Adjective
چل • (čel)
- speckled, spotted
- stupid, dim-witted
Noun
چل • (çel) (obsolete)
- partridge or hazel grouse
- Synonyms: کبک (kabak), دج (daj), زرچ (zareč)
References
- Vullers, Johann August (1855) “چل”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 586