చాలు

See also: చలి, చాల, చాలా, చిలీ, and చీలు

Telugu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕaːlu/, [t͡ʃaːlu]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil சால் (cāl, “to be abundant, full”), Malayalam ചാല (cāla​, “richly, fully”).

Verb

చాలు • (cālu)

1. To suffice, to be enough or sufficient, be adequate
2. to be able, capable, bear, endure

Noun

చాలు • (cālu) ? (plural చాళ్ళు)

1. sufficiency, abundance

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *cāl (“ploughed furrow”).

Noun

చాలు • (cālu) ? (plural చాళ్ళు)

1. a line, row, stripe
2. furrow
3. plowing

References

• Brown-1903, Gwynn (2022) “చాలు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]