चंगाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چنگال (čangāl).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəŋ.ɡɑːl/, [t͡ʃɐ̃ŋ.ɡäːl]

Noun

चंगाल • (caṅgālm (Urdu spelling چَن٘گال)

  1. (rare) claw (of a hunting animal); talon (of a bird)
    Synonyms: (formal) नखर (nakhar), (common) पंजा (pañjā)

Declension

Declension of चंगाल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct चंगाल
caṅgāl
चंगाल
caṅgāl
oblique चंगाल
caṅgāl
चंगालों
caṅgālõ
vocative चंगाल
caṅgāl
चंगालो
caṅgālo
  • 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.