چپل

See also: جبل, ختل, and حبل

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Telugu చెప్పులు (ceppulu), the plural of చెప్పు (ceppu).

Pronunciation

Noun

چَپَّل • (cappalf (Hindi spelling चप्पल)

  1. slipper
  2. sandal

Declension

Declension of چپل
singular plural
direct چپّل (cappal) چپّلیں (cappalẽ)
oblique چپّل (cappal) چپّلوں (cappalõ)
vocative چپّل (cappal) چپّلو (cappalo)

Descendants

  • Classical Persian:
    • Dari: چپلک (čaplak), چپلی (čaplī), چپل (čapal)
    • Iranian Persian: پاچیله (pâčile)
    • Armenian: չափուլա (čʻapʻula)
    • Old Georgian: ჩაფლაჲ (čaplay) (see there for further descendants)
    • Turkish: çapula, çabula, çabla
  • Ishkashimi: [script needed] (čaplí)
  • Kalasha: چامپیلؕ (čampéḷ)
  • Pashto: څپلۍ (śaplə́y)
  • Wakhi: čaplí
  • Waneci: [script needed] (cəplī)

References

  • چپل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • چپل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.