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Ahirani
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چالاک (čālāk). Compare Marathi चलाख (calākh), Konkani चलाख (calākh) / cholakh, Gujarati ચાલાક (cālāk), Kannada ಚಾಲಾಕು (cālāku), Hindustani چَالَاکْ (cālāk) / चालाक (cālāk), Telugu చలాకు (calāku), Odia ଚଲାକ (calāka), Malvi चालाक (cālāk), Sindhi چالاڪُ / चालाकु / 𑋀𑋠𑋚𑋠𑊺𑋣 (cālāku), Tamil சாலக்கு (cālakku), Punjabi ਚਲਾਕ / چَلاک (calāk), Gojri چالاک (cālāk), Bengali চালাক (calak), Assamese চালাক (salak).
Adjective
चलाक (calāk) (indeclinable)
- smart, active, agile, brisk
References
- डॉ॰ रमेश सीताराम सूर्यवंशी (1997) “चलाक”, in आहिराणी शब्दकोश (आहिराणी - मराठी) [Ahirani Dictionary (Ahirani - Marathi)] (in Marathi), पुणे : अक्षय प्रकाशन , →ISBN, page १४०, column 1; republished कन्नड तालुका, औरंगाबाद जिल्हा : अभ्यासिका प्रकाशन , 2013.