चाल

From Sanskrit *चल्या (calyā), चर्या (caryā), from चल् (cal, “move, proceed”, root).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːl/, [t͡ʃäːl]

चाल • (cāl) f (Urdu spelling چال)

1. walk, style of movement
2. behaviour

   Synonyms: व्यवहार (vyavhār), आचर्या (ācaryā)

3. trick, game, scheme

   Synonym: खेल (khel)

   इस बार कौनसी चाल चलाएगा तू?

   is bār kaunsī cāl calāegā tū?

   This time what scheme have you planned?

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चाल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

From Sanskrit चल् (cal, “move, proceed”, root). Related to चालणे (ċālṇe, “to move, walk”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡sal/

चाल • (ċāl) f

1. walk, style of movement
2. move

• Berntsen, Maxine, “चाल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.