చాలు

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Telugu

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕaːlu/, [t͡ʃaːlu]

Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil சால் (cāl, to be abundant, full), Malayalam ചാല (cāla​, richly, fully).

Verb

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చాలు (cālu)

  1. To suffice, to be enough or sufficient, be adequate
  2. to be able, capable, bear, endure

Noun

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చాలు (cālu? (plural చాళ్ళు)

  1. sufficiency, abundance

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *cāl (ploughed furrow).

Noun

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చాలు (cālu? (plural చాళ్ళు)

  1. a line, row, stripe
  2. furrow
  3. plowing

References

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  • Brown-1903, Gwynn-1991 (2022) “చాలు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]