চলা

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Assamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Assamese verb set
চল (sol)
চলা (sola)
চলোৱা (solüa)
চলোওৱা (solüüa)

From Sanskrit चलति (calati), चरति (carati, to go away), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to move; to turn (around)). Cognate with Sylheti ꠌꠟꠣ (sola), Bengali চলা (cola), Odia ଚାଲିବା (caliba), Hindustani چلنا / चलना (calnā), Nepali चल्नु (calnu), Punjabi ਚੱਲਣਾ (callaṇā), Gujarati ચરવું (carvũ) ~ ચાલવું (cālvũ), Marathi चालणे (ċālṇe). Doublet of চৰা (sora).

Verb

চলা (sola) (intransitive)

  1. to move
    এইটো বাটেৰে অকল চাইকেল হে চলিব݁ পাৰেeitü batere okol saikel he solibo pare.Only bicycles can move through this road.
  2. to retain, maintain
    তোমাৰ পঢ়াশুনা কেনে চলি আছে?tümar porhaxuna kene soli ase?How are you maintaining your studies? (Literally: How are your studies moving?)
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Etymology 2

Assamese verb set
চল (sol)
চলা (sola)
চলোৱা (solüa)
চলোওৱা (solüüa)

Inherited from Sanskrit চালযতি (cāláyati, to shake, to jog, to drive away).

Alternative forms

Adjective

চলা (sola) (Eastern Standard)

  1. sifted

Verb

চলা (sola) (transitive) (Eastern Standard)

  1. to sift
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Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀮𑀤𑀺 (caladi), from Sanskrit चलति (calati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *čálHati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čálHati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti, from *kʷelh₁- (to move; to turn (around)).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /tʃɔ.la/,
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Hyphenation: চ‧লা

Verb

চলা (cola)

  1. to move, to walk about, to move about
  2. to go on, to be ongoing
    তাদের গল্প সারাদিন চলে
    tader gôlpô śaradin côle.
    Their conversation goes on all day.
    ডাকাতির কেসটা এখনও চলছে
    ḍakatir keśṭa ekhôno côlche.
    The robbery case is still ongoing.
  3. to function, to work
    Synonym: কাজ করা (kaj kora)
    এই ঘড়িটা এখনও চলে
    ei ghôṛiṭa ekhôno côle.
    This watch still works.
  4. to be on, to run
    গাড়ীটা চলছে
    gaṛiṭa coloche.
    The car is running.
    ট্রেনটা কি সময়ে চলে?
    ṭrenṭa ki śômôẏe côle?
    Does the train run on time?
  5. (music) to be playing
    Synonym: বাজা (baja)
    ওদের গাড়ীতে গান চলছে
    ōder gaṛite gan coloche.
    Music's playing in their car.
  6. to get going
    Synonyms: রওনা হওয়া (roōna hōẇa), বেরোনো (berōnō)
    এবার আমরা চলি
    ebar amra coli.
    Let's get going now.
  7. (chiefly in the negative) to be acceptable, to slide
    ওনার বাড়িতে এ সব কথাবার্তা চলবে না।
    ōnar baṛite e śob kothabarta colbe na.
    This kind of talk won't slide at his/her house.
  8. to be okay, to do
    শুধু এই রংটাই চলবে
    śudhu ei roṅṭai colbe.
    Only this color will do.
    "এই গানটা কেমন?" / "চলে।"
    "ei ganṭa kemon?" / "cole."
    "How is this song?" / "It's okay."
    পেপসি চলবে?
    pepośi colbe?
    Is Pepsi okay?

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References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cálati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press