چغاله

Persian

Alternative forms
  • چاغاله (čâğâle)

Etymology

According to Monchi-Zadeh, the basic meaning is "small hard ball" and is borrowed from a Northeastern Iranian language: compare Pashto ځغاله (źəǧālá, “small lump of dough”).[1]

Compare also Armenian կաղաղ (kaġaġ), ցոգոլ (cʻogol).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃæɢɒːˈle]
  • Hyphenation: چ‧غا‧له

Noun

چغاله • (čağâle)

  1. (rare) unripe fruit
    1. unripe almond
      Synonym: چغاله‌بادام (čağâle-bâdâm, “unripe almond”)

Derived terms
  • چغاله‌بادام (čağâle-bâdâm)

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: çağala, çaqqala, çağla, cağla
  • → Ottoman Turkish: چاغلا (çağala, çağla, “unripe almond”), چغاله (çağala, çağla), چغله (çağala, çağla), چغلا (çağala, çağla)
    • Turkish: çağla
    • → Armenian: չաղլա (čʻaġla), չալաղա (čʻalaġa), չաղալա (čʻaġala)
    • → Greek: τσάγαλο n (tságalo)

References
  1. Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎ (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 11–12 Nr. 27

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