ચાલવું

Gujarati

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Gujarati verb set
ચાલવું (cālvũ)
ચલાવવું (calāvvũ)

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Gujarati चालइ (cālaï), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀮𑀤𑀺 (caladi), from Sanskrit चलति (calati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *čálHati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čálHati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷél-e-ti, from *kʷel- (to move; to turn (around)). Cognate with Bengali চলা (cola), Hindi चलना (calnā), Marathi चालणे (ċālṇe), Marwari चालणो (cālṇo), Punjabi ਚੱਲਣਾ (callaṇā).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ચાલવું (cālvũ) (intransitive)

  1. to go, to move
    1. to walk, stroll
  2. to function, work (a machine)

Conjugation

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References

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  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cálati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press