چل

See also: خل, حل, and جل

Pashto

Etymology

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

Noun

چل • (čal) m (plural چلونه (čaluna))

1. deception
2. fraud

Derived terms

• چلي (čali)

Persian

Etymology 1

Alternative form of چهل (čehel, “forty”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃil]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɪl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɪl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɪl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰil̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰel̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰil]

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

Numeral

چل • (čel) (Persian numeral ۴۰)

1. forty

Etymology 2

Alternative form of چول (čul, “penis”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃul]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰʊl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰʊl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰʊl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰul̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰol̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰul]

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

Noun

چل • (čol)

1. penis

Synonyms

• (penis): کیر (kir), آلت (âlat), دول (dul), نری (nari), قضیب (qazib), ذکر (zakar)

Descendants

• →⇒ Khalaj: çuluk

Etymology 3

From Azerbaijani çil.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃil]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɪl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɪl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɪl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰil̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰel̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰil]

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

Adjective

چل • (čel)

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

Noun

چل • (çel) (obsolete)

1. partridge or hazel grouse

   Synonyms: کبک (kabak), دج (daj), زرچ (zareč)

References

• 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