چال

See also: خال and حال

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *čāt- / *čāθ- (“pit, well”), from an early derived form of Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to dig”). Cognate with Sanskrit चात्वाल (cātvāla, “a hole in the ground for constructing the Uttara-vedi, performing oblations, or for sacrificial fire”).[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɔːl̥]

Readings
Classical reading? čāl
Dari reading? čāl
Iranian reading? čâl
Tajik reading? čol

Noun

چال • (čâl)

  1. pit
  2. hole
  3. (dialectal, Kazerun) lair
  4. (dialectal, Kazerun) nest
  5. (dialectal, Kazerun) den

Derived terms

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 252

Urdu

Pronunciation

Noun

چال • (cāl) f (Hindi spelling चाल)

  1. play, trick

References
  • “چال”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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