Telugu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Urdu چَالَاکْ (cālāk), from Classical Persian چالاک (čālāk).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕalaːku/, [t͡ʃalaːku]

Noun

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చలాకు (calāku? (plural చలాకులు)

  1. smartness, dexterity, cleverness

Adjective

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చలాకు (calāku)

  1. smart, clever

References

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  • Brown-1903, Gwynn-1991 (2022) “చలాకు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]