چھپکلی

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-) + -𑀮- (-la-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit शेप्या (śepyā́, tail), a feminine form of शेप (śépa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šáypas. Cognate with Marathi शेपटी (śepṭī), शेपूट (śepūṭ), Konkani शेंपडी (śempḍī).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰɪp.kə.liː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: چِھپ‧کَ‧لی

Noun

چِھپْکَلی • (chipkalī) f (Hindi spelling छिपकली)

  1. lizard

Declension

Declension of چھپکلی
singular plural
direct چھپکلی (chipkalī) چھپکلیاں (chipkaliyā̃)
oblique چھپکلی (chipkalī) چھپکلیوں (chipkaliyō̃)
vocative چھپکلی (chipkalī) چھپکلیو (chipkaliyō)

References

  • چھپکلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • چھپکلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śēpyāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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