चल

See also: चुल, चाल, चील, चिली, and चला

Garhwali

Etymology

From Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit चलति (calati). Cognates include Hindi चलना (calnā) and Nepali चल्नु (calnu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃəl/

Verb

चल (cal)

1. (intransitive) to go

Derived terms

• (transitive) चलौ (calau)
• (causative) चलौ (calau)

References

• Anoop Chandra Chandola (1966) A Synthatic Sketch of Garhwali, University of Chicago press (PhD thesis), page 2

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəl/, [t͡ʃɐl]
• Rhymes: -əl

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit चल (cala, “moving, trembling; unsteady, perishable; disturbed, confused”).

Adjective

चल • (cal) (indeclinable)

1. moving; trembling
2. movable, mobile
3. unsteady, inconstant, fickle
4. disturbed, confused
5. transient, ephemeral

Noun

चल • (cal) m

1. movement
2. unsteadiness; mobility
3. (mathematics) variable

Declension

Declension of चल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चल cal	चल cal
oblique	चल cal	चलों calõ
vocative	चल cal	चलो calo

Derived terms

• चल संपत्ति (cal sampatti)
• चलचित्र (calcitra)
• चलपुस्तकालय (calpustakālay)

Etymology 2

Verb

चल • (cal)

1. inflection of चलना (calnā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular present imperative

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “चल”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• cala (Latin script)
• 𑀘𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• চল (Bengali script)
• චල (Sinhalese script)
• စလ or ၸလ (Burmese script)
• จล or จะละ (Thai script)
• ᨧᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈລ or ຈະລະ (Lao script)
• ចល (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄣 (Chakma script)

Verb

चल

1. Devanagari script form of cala, imperative active second-person singular of चलति (calati, “to move”)