चंगाल
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چنگال (čangāl).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəŋ.ɡɑːl/, [t͡ʃɐ̃ŋ.ɡäːl]
Noun
चंगाल • (caṅgāl) m (Urdu spelling چَن٘گال)
- (rare) claw (of a hunting animal); talon (of a bird)
- Synonyms: (formal) नखर (nakhar), (common) पंजा (pañjā)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चंगाल caṅgāl |
चंगाल caṅgāl |
| oblique | चंगाल caṅgāl |
चंगालों caṅgālõ |
| vocative | चंगाल caṅgāl |
चंगालो caṅgālo |
Related terms
- चंग (caṅg)
- चंगुल (caṅgul)
Further reading
- “चंगाल”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “چنگال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.