चंगाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چنگال (čangāl).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəŋ.ɡɑːl/, [t͡ʃə̃ŋ.ɡäːl̪]

Noun

चंगाल (caṅgāl) m (Urdu spelling چَن٘گال)

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

Declension

  • चंग (caṅg)
  • चंगुल (caṅgul)

Further reading

  • चंगाल”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), چنگال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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