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 • (ā̃cal) m (Hindi spelling आँचल)
- hem, border (of a garment)
- pallu, aanchal, the end of a sari
- Synonym: پَلُّو (pallū)
- (anatomy, figurative) breast, teat
Declension
| 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.