چل

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See also: خل, حل, and جل

Pashto

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Etymology

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From Hindustani, see Urdu چھل and Hindi छल (chal).

Noun

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چل (čalm (plural چلونه (čaluna))

  1. deception
  2. fraud

Derived terms

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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Alternative form of چهل (čehel, forty).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? čil
Dari reading? čil
Iranian reading? čel
Tajik reading? čil

Numeral

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چل (čel) (Persian numeral ۴۰)

  1. forty

Etymology 2

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Alternative form of چول (čul, penis).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? čul
Dari reading? čul
Iranian reading? čol
Tajik reading? čul

Noun

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چل (čol)

  1. penis
    Synonyms: کیر (kir), آلت (âlat), دول (dul), نری (nari), قضیب (qazib), ذکر (zakar)
Descendants
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  • Khalaj: çuluk

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Azerbaijani çil.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? čil
Dari reading? čil
Iranian reading? čel
Tajik reading? čil

Adjective

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چل (čel)

  1. speckled, spotted
  2. stupid, dim-witted

Noun

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چل (çel) (obsolete)

  1. partridge or hazel grouse
    Synonyms: کبک (kabak), دج (daj), زرچ (zareč)

References

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  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “چل”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 586