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Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چالاک (čālāk). Compare Ahirani चलाक (calāk), 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).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕə.lakʰ/
- Hyphenation: च‧लाख
- Rhymes: -akʰ
Adjective
चलाख • (calākh) (indeclinable)
- smart, active, agile, nimble, brisk
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:चलाख
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:चलाख
Derived terms
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “चलाख”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 43
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चलाक,_चलाख”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 274
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “चलाक-ख”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1153.
Varhadi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چالاک (čālāk). Compare Ahirani चलाक (calāk), 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
चलाख (calākh) (indeclinable)
- smart, active, agile, brisk
मास्तर तं मास्तर त्याचं पोट्टई पाय कसं चलाख हाय.- māstar ta māstar tyāca poṭṭaī pāy kasa calākh hāy.
Derived terms
References
- विठ्ठल वाघ [Vitthal Wagh], रावसाहेब काळे (2021) “चलाख”, in वऱ्हाडी शब्दकोश [Varhadi Dictionary] (in Marathi), volume 1, एल्फिन्स्टन तांत्रिक विद्यालय इमारत, ३, महापालिका मार्ग, धोबीतलाव, मुंबई ४०० ००१ : राज्य मराठी विकास संस्था , →ISBN, page १८४, column 1.