छल्ली

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ছল্লী (Assamese script)
• ᬙᬮ᭄ᬮᬷ (Balinese script)
• ছল্লী (Bengali script)
• 𑰔𑰩𑰿𑰩𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀙𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဆလ္လီ (Burmese script)
• છલ્લી (Gujarati script)
• ਛਲ੍ਲੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌛𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦖꦭ꧀ꦭꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂓𑂪𑂹𑂪𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಛಲ್ಲೀ (Kannada script)
• ឆល្លី (Khmer script)
• ຉລ຺ລີ (Lao script)
• ഛല്ലീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡮᠠᠯᠯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘔𑘩𑘿𑘩𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠼᠠᠯᠯᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦴𑧉𑧠𑧉𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐕𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଛଲ୍ଲୀ (Odia script)
• ꢘꢭ꣄ꢭꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆗𑆬𑇀𑆬𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖔𑖩𑖿𑖩𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ඡල‍්ලී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩢𑩽 𑪙𑩽𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚐𑚥𑚶𑚥𑚯 (Takri script)
• ச²ல்லீ (Tamil script)
• ఛల్లీ (Telugu script)
• ฉลฺลี (Thai script)
• ཚ་ལླཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒕𑒪𑓂𑒪𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨤𑨬𑩇𑨬𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐl.liː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕʰɐl̪.l̪iː/

Noun

छल्ली • (challī) stem, f

1. bark
2. creeper
3. a kind of flower
4. offspring

   Synonym: संतान (saṃtāna)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of छल्ली
Nom. sg.	छल्ली (challī)
Gen. sg.	छल्ल्याः (challyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	छल्ली (challī)	छल्ल्यौ (challyau)	छल्ल्यः (challyaḥ)
Vocative	छल्लि (challi)	छल्ल्यौ (challyau)	छल्ल्यः (challyaḥ)
Accusative	छल्लीम् (challīm)	छल्ल्यौ (challyau)	छल्लीः (challīḥ)
Instrumental	छल्ल्या (challyā)	छल्लीभ्याम् (challībhyām)	छल्लीभिः (challībhiḥ)
Dative	छल्ल्यै (challyai)	छल्लीभ्याम् (challībhyām)	छल्लीभ्यः (challībhyaḥ)
Ablative	छल्ल्याः (challyāḥ)	छल्लीभ्याम् (challībhyām)	छल्लीभ्यः (challībhyaḥ)
Genitive	छल्ल्याः (challyāḥ)	छल्ल्योः (challyoḥ)	छल्लीनाम् (challīnām)
Locative	छल्ल्याम् (challyām)	छल्ल्योः (challyoḥ)	छल्लीषु (challīṣu)

Descendants

• Pali: challi
• Prakrit: 𑀙𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺 (challi)
  • Assamese: ছলি (soli, “child”), ছাল (sal, “skin”)
  • Bengali: ছাল (chal)
  • Bihari: छाल (chāl), छल्ला (challā)
    • Bhojpuri: छाल (chāl)
    • Maithili: छाल (chāl)
  • Gujarati: છાલ (chāl)
  • Hindustani: [Term?] (chāl)
    • Hindi: छाल
    • Urdu: چھال
  • Kumaoni: छाल (chāl)
  • Marathi: साल (sāl)
  • Nepali: छालि (chāli)
  • Odia: ଛଲ୍ଲି (challi), ଛାଲ (chāla)
  • Punjabi: ਛਿੱਲ (chilla, “skin, bark, rind, peel, husk”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “छल्ली”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0405.

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “challī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “challī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press