آنچل

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀘𑀮 (aṃcala), from Sanskrit अञ्चल (añcala).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑ̃ː.t͡ʃəl/
  • Rhymes: -əl
  • Hyphenation: آ‧ن٘چَل

Noun

آن٘چَل • (ā̃calm (Hindi spelling आँचल)

  1. hem, border (of a garment)
  2. pallu, aanchal, the end of a sari
    Synonym: پَلُّو (pallū)
  3. (anatomy, figurative) breast, teat

Declension

Declension of آنچل
singular plural
direct آن٘چَل (ā̃cal) آن٘چَل (ā̃cal)
oblique آن٘چَل (ā̃cal) آن٘چَلوں (ā̃calõ)
vocative آن٘چَل (ā̃cal) آن٘چَلو (ā̃calo)

Further reading

  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “آنچل”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 151
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “آنچل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 89
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آنچل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 18
  • آنچل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “آنچل”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 149
  • آنچل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.