छलावा
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From छलना (chalnā, “to deceive”) + -आवा (-āvā).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
छलावा • (chalāvā) m
- illusion, mirage
- 1970, Ram Behari Lal Srivastava, Āga aura an̐gaṛāī[1]:
- बस छलावा ही छलावा गुड़ भरी बातों में है
- bas chalāvā hī chalāvā guṛ bharī bātõ mẽ hai
- only illusion, there existeth in sweet-filled words
- 1970, Śrīnivāsa Batrā, Hindī aura Phārasī Sūphī kāvya kā tulanātmaka adhyayana[2]:
- ... यह दुनिया एक छलावा है
- ... yah duniyā ek chalāvā hai
- ...this world is an illusion
- phantasm
- apparition
- 1883, Avināśacandra Viśvāsa, Nārībodha[3], page 164:
- ... हलके चलने लगा तो छलावा वहीं ठहर गया हमने गाओं की राह ली जो गांव में पहुचे ते । सुभे तो उसी समय ताप चढ़ा उस गांव में एक सेयाना रहा करता था उसने बहुत सी झाड़ फूंक की तब तीसरे दिन मेरा ताप उतरा॥
- ... halke calne lagā to chalāvā vahī̃ ṭhahar gayā hamne gāõ kī rāh lī jo gāmv mẽ pahuce te . subhe to usī samay tāp caṛhā us gāmv mẽ ek seyānā rahā kartā thā usne bahut sī jhāṛ phūṅk kī tab tīsre din merā tāp utrā.
- ...[after I] started sauntering, the apparition halted just there. We took the road to village. That we reached village in morning, my temperature went up. There was a wise one who used to live in the village. [Only after] he did many a conjurations, that my temperature went down.
- deception, fraud, trickery
- 2023, Amar Ujala[4]:
- सरकार किसानों के साथ कर रही छलावा
- sarkār kisānõ ke sāth kar rahī chalāvā
- government doing trickery with the farmers
- 2018 January 26, Raushan Pathak, परती जमीन[5], RAUSHAN SAHEB PATHAK:
- बलराम इस बात से आहत हुआ और उसने कहा - इसका मतलब तुम सिर्फ जमीन हथियाने के इरा से मेरे पास आये थे, विवाह का प्रस्ताव बस एक छलावा था।
- balrām is bāt se āhat huā aur usne kahā - iskā matlab tum sirph jamīn hathiyāne ke irā se mere pās āye the, vivāh kā prastāv bas ek chalāvā thā.
- Balram was hurt from this and said: this means you came from Ira to me only to lay hands on the property, the marriage proposal was only a deception
- will o' the wisp, ignis fatuus
- Synonyms: अगिया बैताल (agiyā baitāl), उल्कामुख प्रेत (ulkāmukh pret)
- a kind of malevolent shapeshifting spirit
- 2021 January 10, DAMIEN DSOUZA, हॉरर स्टोरीज: (Horror Stories): BEST HORROR STORIES IN HINDI[6], TULSI SAHITYA PUBLICATIONS, page 113:
- ...छलावा अपने असली रूप में आ गया था।
- ...chalāvā apne aslī rūp mẽ ā gayā thā.
- ...the malevolent spirit had come to its true form.
Declension[edit]
Declension of छलावा (masc ā-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
- छलावा खेलना (chalāvā khelnā)
- छलावा सा (chalāvā sā)
- छलावा हो जाना (chalāvā ho jānā)
- छलावे में पड़ना (chalāve mẽ paṛnā)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “छलावा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “छलावा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “छलावा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.