چالان
Urdu
Alternative forms
- چَلان (calān)
Etymology
From چَلْنا (calnā, “to walk; go”) + ـَان (-ān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑː.lɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: چَا‧لَان
Noun
چَالَان • (cālān) m (Hindi spelling चालान)
- challan (for registering a criminal case sent to a court)
- ticket (for a traffic violation etc.)
- waybill; bill of lading
- list of letters and records sent
- remittance
- a pass; passport; clearance (of a ship)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | چالان (cālān) | چالان (cālān) |
| oblique | چالان (cālān) | چالانوں (cālānõ) |
| vocative | چالان (cālān) | چالانو (cālāno) |
Further reading
More information
- “چالان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “چالان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چالان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “چالان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “چالان”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.