چل
Pashto edit
Etymology edit
From Hindustani, see Urdu چھل and Hindi छल (chal).
Noun edit
چل • (čal) m (plural چلونه (čaluna))
Derived terms edit
- چلي (čali)
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative form of چهل (čehel, “forty”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃil]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰel̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰil]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čil |
| Dari reading? | čil |
| Iranian reading? | čel |
| Tajik reading? | čil |
Numeral edit
چل • (čel) (Persian numeral ۴۰)
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative form of چول (čul, “penis”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃul]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰol̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰul]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čul |
| Dari reading? | čul |
| Iranian reading? | čol |
| Tajik reading? | čul |
Noun edit
چل • (čol)
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- →⇒ Khalaj: çuluk
Etymology 3 edit
From Azerbaijani çil.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃil]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰel̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰil]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čil |
| Dari reading? | čil |
| Iranian reading? | čel |
| Tajik reading? | čil |
Adjective edit
چل • (čel)
Noun edit
References edit
- Vullers, Johann August (1855) “چل”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 586