چالان

Urdu

Alternative forms

• چَلان (calān)

Etymology

From چَلْنا (calnā, “to walk; go”) +‎ ـَان (-ān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑː.lɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: چَا‧لَان

Noun

چَالَان • (cālān) m (Hindi spelling चालान)

1. challan (for registering a criminal case sent to a court)
2. ticket (for a traffic violation etc.)
3. waybill; bill of lading
4. list of letters and records sent
5. remittance
6. a pass; passport; clearance (of a ship)

Declension

Declension of چالان
	singular	plural
direct	چالان (cālān)	چالان (cālān)
oblique	چالان (cālān)	چالانوں (cālānō̃)
vocative	چالان (cālān)	چالانو (cālānō)

Further reading

More information

• “چالان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “چالان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چالان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “چالان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “چالان”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.