छगल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ছগল (Assamese script)
• ᬙᬕᬮ (Balinese script)
• ছগল (Bengali script)
• 𑰔𑰐𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀙𑀕𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ဆဂလ (Burmese script)
• છગલ (Gujarati script)
• ਛਗਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌛𑌗𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦖꦒꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂓𑂏𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಛಗಲ (Kannada script)
• ឆគល (Khmer script)
• ຉຄລ (Lao script)
• ഛഗല (Malayalam script)
• ᡮᠠᡤᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘔𑘐𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠼᠠᠺᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦴𑦰𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐕𑐐𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଛଗଲ (Odia script)
• ꢘꢔꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆗𑆓𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖔𑖐𑖩 (Siddham script)
• ඡගල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩢𑩞𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚐𑚌𑚥 (Takri script)
• ச²க³ல (Tamil script)
• ఛగల (Telugu script)
• ฉคล (Thai script)
• ཚ་ག་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒕𑒑𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨤𑨍𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From an unattested छग (chaga) (compare छाग (chā́ga)) +‎ -ल (-la), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sčágas (compare Ossetian цӕҕӕ (“billy-goat”) and Wakhi čəɣ̌ (“kid”)), either from a potential Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱégos (“goat, sheep”) (compare Proto-Germanic *skēpą), or a borrowing from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐ.ɡɐ.lɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕʰɐ.ɡɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

छगल • (chagalá) stem, m

1. a goat

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:अज

   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of छगल (chagalá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	छगलः chagaláḥ	छगलौ / छगला¹ chagalaú / chagalā́¹	छगलाः / छगलासः¹ chagalā́ḥ / chagalā́saḥ¹
Vocative	छगल chágala	छगलौ / छगला¹ chágalau / chágalā¹	छगलाः / छगलासः¹ chágalāḥ / chágalāsaḥ¹
Accusative	छगलम् chagalám	छगलौ / छगला¹ chagalaú / chagalā́¹	छगलान् chagalā́n
Instrumental	छगलेन chagaléna	छगलाभ्याम् chagalā́bhyām	छगलैः / छगलेभिः¹ chagalaíḥ / chagalébhiḥ¹
Dative	छगलाय chagalā́ya	छगलाभ्याम् chagalā́bhyām	छगलेभ्यः chagalébhyaḥ
Ablative	छगलात् chagalā́t	छगलाभ्याम् chagalā́bhyām	छगलेभ्यः chagalébhyaḥ
Genitive	छगलस्य chagalásya	छगलयोः chagaláyoḥ	छगलानाम् chagalā́nām
Locative	छगले chagalé	छगलयोः chagaláyoḥ	छगलेषु chagaléṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• छागल (chāgala) (vṛddhi derivative)

Terms derived from छागल (chāgala)

• Assamese: ছাগল (sagol), ছাগলী (sagoli)
• Bengali: ছাগল (chagol), ছাগলী (chagoli)
• Gujarati: છાગળ (chāgaḷ)
• Hindustani: chāgal

  Hindi: छागल

  Urdu: چَھاگَل (chāgal)

• Maithili: chāgar

  Devanagari script: छागर

  Tirhuta script: 𑒕𑒰𑒑𑒩

• Marwari: छागळ (chāgaḷ)
• Punjabi: chāgal

  Gurmukhi script: ਛਾਗਲ

  Shahmukhi script: چھاگَل

• छगली (chagalī)

Terms derived from छगली (chagalī)

• Maithili: chagrī

  Devanagari script: छगरी

  Tirhuta script: 𑒕𑒑𑒩𑒲

• छगलिका (chagalikā)

Terms derived from छगलिका (chagalikā), (Prakritism) छेलिका (chelikā)

• Pali: chakalī
• Prakrit: *𑀙𑀕𑀮-𑀈𑀕𑀸 (*chagala-īgā), 𑀙𑁂𑀮-𑀈𑀆 (chela-īā)
  • Middle Bengali: ছালিয়া (chaliẏa), ছেলিয়া (cheliẏa)
    • Bengali: ছেলি (cheli), ছেলে (chele)
  • Gurjara Apabhramsa:
    • Gujarati: છાળી (chāḷī)
    • Marwari: छाळी (chāḷī)
  • Hindustani: cherī

    Hindi: छेरी

    Urdu: چھیرِی (cherī)

  • Old Marathi: śeḷī(meṃḍhī), seḷī

    Devanagari script: शेळी(मेंढी), सेळी

    Modi script: 𑘫𑘹𑘯𑘲(𑘦𑘹𑘽𑘛𑘲), 𑘭𑘹𑘯𑘲

    • Marathi: शेळी (śeḷī)
  • Odia: ଛେଳି (cheḷi)
  • Punjabi: chēlī

    Gurmukhi script: ਛੇਲੀ

    Shahmukhi script: چھیلِی

• छगलक (chagalaka)

Terms derived from छगलक (chagalaka), (Prakritism) छेलक (chelaka)

• Pali: chakalaka
• Prakrit: 𑀙𑁂𑀮𑀕 (chelaga), 𑀙𑁂𑀮𑀬 (chelaya)
  • Marwari: छाळौ (chāḷau)
  • Punjabi: chēlā

    Gurmukhi script: ਛੇਲਾ

    Shahmukhi script: چھیلا

Descendants

Terms descended from छगल (chagalá)

• Dardic:
  • Phalura:

    Perso-Arabic: چھال

    Latin: čhaál

• Pali: chakala
• Prakrit: 𑀙𑀕𑀮 (chagala), 𑀙𑁂𑀮 (chela)
  • Hindustani: cher

    Hindi: छेर

    Urdu: چھیر (cher)

  • Maithili: chēr

    Devanagari script: छेर

    Tirhuta script: 𑒕𑒹𑒩

  • Old Punjabi: ਛੇਲ (chela)

Terms descended from *chagalla

• Sindhi: (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-))

  Arabic script: ڇيلو

  Devanagari script: छेलो

  Khudabadi script: 𑋁𑋥𑋚𑋧 (chelo)

Terms descended from *chagara

• Old Marathi: seraḍuṃ (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀉𑀓- (-uka-))

  Devanagari script: सेरडुं

  Modi script: 𑘭𑘹𑘨𑘚𑘳𑘽

Terms descended from *chaggala

• Old Marathi: sāgaḷa

  Devanagari script: सागळ

  Modi script: 𑘭𑘰𑘐𑘯

Terms borrowed from छगल (chagalá)

• Hindustani: chagal

  Hindi: छगल

  Urdu: چَھگَل (chagal)

• Marwari: छगळ (chagaḷ)

Further reading

• “छगल॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 176, column 1.
• Monier Williams (1899) “Chagalá”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 404, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chagala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 271