चंगाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چنگال (čangāl).

Pronunciation

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

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

Declension of चंगाल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चंगाल caṅgāl	चंगाल caṅgāl
oblique	चंगाल caṅgāl	चंगालों caṅgālõ
vocative	चंगाल caṅgāl	चंगालो caṅgālo

Related terms

• 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, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “چنگال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.