chal

Clipping of Romanichal.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæl/
• Rhymes: -æl

chal (plural chals)

1. A male gypsy.

   Coordinate term: chai

• Lach

From Romani ćalado (“family”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʃæɫ]

chal

1. man, chap
2. person

Descendants

English: chal

Swahili: chali

chal

1. kerosene bottle torch

Borrowed from French châle, from Persian شال (šâl).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃal/ [ˈt͡ʃal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: chal

chal m (plural chales)

1. shawl (square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders)

• “chal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• cial

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• IPA^(key): /ʃal/

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chal

1. here

• droci, vaici, ciddé

• IPA^(key): /χal/

chal

1. aspirate mutation of cal