چالاک

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Related to (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɑː.ˈlɑːk]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔː.lɔ́ːk]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒː.lɒ́ːkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔ.lɔ́k]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čālāk
Dari reading^?	čālāk
Iranian reading^?	čâlâk
Tajik reading^?	čolok

Adjective edit

چالاک • (čâlâk) (comparative چالاک‌تَر (čâlâk-tar), superlative چالاک‌تَرین (čâlâk-tarin))

nimble; quick
Synonyms: چست (čost), جلد (jald), چابک (čâbok)
- c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 70”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎^[1]:
  ای که از سرو روان قد تو چالاکترست
  دل به روی تو ز روی تو طربناکترست
  ay ki az sarw-i rawān qadd-e tu čālāktar ast
  dil ba rōy-i tu zi rōy-i tu tarabnāktar ast
  O you whose stature is nimbler than the swaying cypress,
  Thanks to your face, my heart has more delight than [even] your face.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
clever; smart
Synonym: زرنگ (zerang)

Descendants edit

→ Ahirani: चलाक (calāk)
→ Bengali: চালাক (calak)
- → Assamese: চালাক (salak)
→ Central Kurdish: چالاک (çalak)
→ Gojri: چالاک (cālāk)
→ Gujarati: ચાલાક (cālāk)
→ Hindustani: cālāk
Hindi: चालाक

Urdu: چَالَاکْ (cālāk)
→ Kalasha: čalak
→ Kannada: ಚಾಲಾಕು (cālāku)
→ Konkani: चलाख (calākh)
→ Malay: calak
- Indonesian: calak
→ Malvi: चालाक (cālāk)
→ Marathi: चलाख (calākh)
→ Odia: ଚଲାକ (côlakô)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਚਲਾਕ (calāk)

Shahmukhi script: چَلاک (calāk)
→ Sindhi: چالاڪُ
→ Tamil: சாலக்கு (cālakku)
→ Telugu: చలాకు (calāku)
→ Varhadi: चलाख (calākh)
→ Ushojo: چالاک (čalāk)

Noun edit

چالاک • (čâlâk)

(Dari) cunning person; quick wit; trickster
(obsolete or Dari) thief; scammer

Ushojo edit

Adjective edit

چالاک (čalāk)

fast and furious

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