चिलवन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چلون (čilwan).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪl.ʋən/, [t͡ʃɪl.ʋɐ̃n], /t͡ʃɪl.wən/, [t͡ʃɪl.wɐ̃n]
• Rhymes: -ən

Noun

चिलवन • (cilvan) f (Urdu spelling چلون) (rare)

1. chick (screen)

Declension

Declension of चिलवन (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चिलवन cilvan	चिलवनें cilvanẽ
oblique	चिलवन cilvan	चिलवनों cilvanõ
vocative	चिलवन cilvan	चिलवनो cilvano

Synonyms

• चिक़ (ciq)

References

• चिलवन on Shabdkosh
• “चिलवन”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “चिलवन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.