चाळ

See also: चूळ, चोळणे, and चोळी

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi साळ (sāḷa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀸 (sālā), from Sanskrit शाला (śālā). Doublet of शाळा (śāḷā) and साळ (sāḷ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡saɭ̆/

Noun

चाळ • (ċāḷ) f (plural चाळी)

1. chawl, tenement

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “चाळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चाळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “साळ”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चाळ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śāˊlā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press