See also: جلانا

Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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چَلانا (calānā) (transitive, Hindi spelling चलाना)

  1. to cause to walk; to move
  2. to start
  3. to run, establish (a business)
  4. to drive (a vehicle)

Etymology 2

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From Sanskrit चिल्ल (cilla, kite (bird)) +‎ آ (ā, causative augment) +‎ ـنا (-nā, verbal suffix).

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چِلّانا (cillānā) (Hindi spelling चिल्लाना)

  1. to scream, to screech, to shriek
  2. to cry out, to make an outcry, to shout, to exclaim aloud, to yell

Conjugation

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  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

References

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  • چلانا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • چلانا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.