चावल

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀸𑀉𑀮𑀸 (cāulā), 𑀘𑀯𑀮 (cavala), and probably of Dravidian or Dravidian origin.[1] Compare Punjabi ਚਾਵਲ (cāval), Punjabi ਚੌਲ (caul), Sindhi چانور (cã̄uru, “grain of rice cleansed from the husk”), Sylheti ꠌꠣꠃꠟ (saul), Bengali চাল (cal), Assamese চাউল (saul), Odia ଚାଉଳ (cāuḷa), Rohingya soil. Related to Persian چلو (čelow), which was borrowed from an Indic language.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑː.ʋəl/, [t͡ʃäː.ʋɐl]

Noun

चावल • (cāval) m (Urdu spelling چاول)

  1. rice
    Hypernym: अनाज (anāj)
    Holonyms: धान (dhān), धान्य (dhānya)

Declension

Declension of चावल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct चावल
cāval 		चावल
cāval
oblique चावल
cāval 		चावलों
cāvalõ
vocative चावल
cāval 		चावलो
cāvalo

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*cāmala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Mo'in, Mohammad (1972) “چلو”, in Moeen Encyclopedic Dictionary [فرهنگ معین] (in Persian), Tehran: Amirkabir, [1]
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