चालीसपद

Hindi

Etymology

चालीस (cālīs, forty) + पद (pad, feet). Compare Jamaican Creole forty leg.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑː.liːs.pəd̪/, [t͡ʃäː.l̪iːs̪.pəd̪]

Noun

चालीसपद (cālīspad) m (Urdu spelling چالیسپد)

  1. centipede
    Synonym: शतपाद (śatpād)

Declension

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