چالاک
Persian
editEtymology
editRelated to چلیدن (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɑː.ˈlɑːk]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɒː.lɒ́ːkʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɔ.lɔ́k]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | čālāk |
Dari reading? | čālāk |
Iranian reading? | čâlâk |
Tajik reading? | čolok |
Adjective
editچالاک • (čâlâk) (comparative چالاکتَر (čâlâk-tar), superlative چالاکتَرین (čâlâk-tarin))
- nimble; quick
- 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.
- ay ki az sarw-i rawān qadd-e tu čālāktar ast
- 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:
- → Kalasha: čalák
- → Kannada: ಚಾಲಾಕು (cālāku)
- → Konkani: चलाख (calākh)
- → Malay: calak
- Indonesian: calak
- → Malvi: चालाक (cālāk)
- → Marathi: चलाख (calākh)
- → Odia: ଚଲାକ (calāka)
- → Punjabi:
- → Sindhi: چالاڪُ
- → Tamil: சாலக்கு (cālakku)
- → Telugu: చలాకు (calāku)
- → Varhadi: चलाख (calākh)
- → Ushojo: چالاک (čalāk)
Noun
editچالاک • (čâlâk)
Ushojo
editAdjective
editچالاک (čalāk)