چھپکلی

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-) + -𑀮- (-la-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit शेप्या (śepyā́, “tail”), a feminine form of शेप (śépa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šáypas. Cognate with Marathi शेपटी (śepṭī), शेपूट (śepūṭ), Konkani शेंपडी (śempḍī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰɪp.kə.liː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: چِھپ‧کَ‧لی

Noun

چِھپْکَلی • (chipkalī) f (Hindi spelling छिपकली)

1. lizard

Declension

Declension of چھپکلی
	singular	plural
direct	چھپکلی (chipkalī)	چھپکلِیاں (chipkaliyā̃)
oblique	چھپکلی (chipkalī)	چھپکلِیوں (chipkaliyō̃)
vocative	چھپکلی (chipkalī)	چھپکلِیو (chipkaliyō)

References

• “چھپکلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “چھپکلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śēpyāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press