چغاله
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Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- چاغاله (čâğâle)
Etymology
[edit]According to Monchi-Zadeh, the basic meaning is "small hard ball" and is borrowed from a Northeastern Iranian language: compare Pashto ځغاله (źəǧālá, “small lump of dough”).[1]
Compare also Armenian կաղաղ (kaġaġ), ցոգոլ (cʻogol).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃa.ɣɑː.ˈla]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰæ.ɢɒː.lé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ʁɔ.lǽ]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | čağāla |
Dari reading? | čağāla |
Iranian reading? | čağâle |
Tajik reading? | čaġola |
- Hyphenation: چ‧غا‧له
Noun
[edit]چغاله • (čağâle)
- (rare) unripe fruit
- unripe almond
- Synonym: چغالهبادام (čağâle-bâdâm, “unripe almond”)
- unripe almond
Derived terms
[edit]- چغالهبادام (čağâle-bâdâm)
Descendants
[edit]- → Azerbaijani: çağala, çaqqala, çağla, cağla
- → Ottoman Turkish: چاغلا (çağala, çağla, “unripe almond”), چغاله (çağala, çağla), چغله (çağala, çağla), چغلا (çağala, çağla)
References
[edit]- ^ Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 11–12 Nr. 27
Further reading
[edit]- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “چغاله”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul