چنگال

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See also: چنكال

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Etymology

Bailey derives from Proto-Iranian *čak- (“be pointed, horned”). Compare Persian چندر, Persian چغندر

Noun

چنگال (lave)

  1. beet

Persian

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Etymology

Compare چنگ (čang).

چنگال (čangâl)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? čangāl
Dari reading? čangāl
Iranian reading? čangâl
Tajik reading? čangol
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Noun

چنگال • (čangâl) (plural چنگال‌ها (čangâl-hâ))

  1. fork
  2. hook
  3. claw, talon
    • c. 1260, Rumi, “3:3984”, in The Masnavi:
      گربه مرگست و مرض چنگال او، می‌زند بر مرغ و پر و بال او.
      gorbe marg-ast o maraz čangâl-e u, mi-zanad bar morğ o par o bâl-e u.
      the cat is death and disease is its claws; it strikes the bird, and its feathers and wings.

Inflection

    Enclitic-attached forms of چنگال (čangâl) (Iranian Persian)
Basic forms of چنگال
singular plural
bare چنگال (čangâl) چنگال‌ها، چنگالا△ (čangâl-hấ, čangâlấ△)
definitive direct object چنگال را، چنگال رو△ (čangâl râ, čangâlo△) چنگال‌ها را، چنگالا رو△ (čangâl-hấ râ, čangâlấ ro△)
ezâfe چنگال (čangâl-e) چنگال‌های، چنگالای△ (čangâl-hấ-ye, čangâlấ-ye△)
marked indefinite
or relative definite 		چنگالی (čangâl-i) چنگال‌هایی، چنگالایی△ (čangâlấn-i, čangâl-hấ-i, čangâlấi△)

△ Colloquial.

Possessive forms of چنگال
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”) 		چنگالم (čangâlam) چنگال‌هایم، چنگال‌هام، چنگالام△ (čangâl-hấyam, čangâlấm△)
2nd person singular
(“your”) 		چنگالت (čangâlat) چنگال‌هایت، چنگال‌هات، چنگالات△ (čangâl-hấyat, čangâlất△)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”) 		چنگالش (čangâlaš) چنگال‌هایش، چنگال‌هاش، چنگالاش△ (čangâl-hấyaš, čangâlấš△)
1st plural
(“our”) 		چنگالمان، چنگالمون△ (čangâlemân, čangâlemun△) چنگال‌هایمان، چنگال‌هامون، چنگالامون△ (čangâl-hấyemân, čangâlấmun△)
2nd plural
(“your”) 		چنگالتان، چنگالتون△ (čangâletân, čangâletun△) چنگال‌هایتان، چنگال‌هاتون، چنگالاتون△ (čangâl-hấyetân, čangâlấtun△)
3rd plural
(“their”) 		چنگالشان، چنگالشون△ (čangâlešân, čangâlešun△) چنگال‌هایشان، چنگال‌هاشون، چنگالاشون△ (čangâl-hấyešân, čangâlấšun△)

△ Colloquial.

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چنگال (čangāl).

Pronunciation

Noun

چَن٘گال • (caṅgāl) m (Hindi spelling चंगाल)

  1. claw (of a hunting animal); talon (of a bird)
    Synonym: پَنجا (pañjā)

Declension

Declension of چنگال
singular plural
direct چَن٘گال (caṅgāl) چَن٘گال (caṅgāl)
oblique چَن٘گال (caṅgāl) چَن٘گالوں (caṅgālõ)
vocative چَن٘گال (caṅgāl) چَن٘گالو (caṅgālo)

Further reading

  • “چنگال”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “چَن٘گال”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چنگل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “چنگال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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