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Hindi
Etymology
From Prakrit (cāulā), and probably of Dravidian or Austroasiatic origin. Compare Punjabi ਚਾਵਲ (cāval), Punjabi ਚੌਲ (caul), Sindhi چانور (cã̄uru, “grain of rice cleansed from the husk”), Sylheti ꠌꠣꠃꠟ (saul), Bengali চাল (cal), Assamese চাউল (saul), Odia ଚାଉଳ (cauḷô), Rohingya soil. Related to Persian چلو (čelow), which was borrowed from an Indic language.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑː.ʋəl/,
Noun
चावल • (cāval) m (Urdu spelling چاول)
- rice
Declension
Declension of चावल (masc cons-stem)
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plural
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| direct
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चावल
cāval
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चावल
cāval
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| oblique
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चावल
cāval
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चावलों
cāvalõ
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| vocative
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चावल
cāval
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चावलो
cāvalo
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