"چالاک" meaning in Persian

See چالاک in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [t͡ʃɑː.ˈlɑːk] [Classical-Persian], [t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk] [Dari, formal], [t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk] [Dari, formal], [t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk] [Kabuli], [t͡ʃʰɔː.lɔ́ːk] (note: Hazaragi), [t͡ʃʰɒː.lɒ́ːkʲ] [Iran, formal], [t͡ʃʰɔ.lɔ́k] [Tajik, formal] Forms: čâlâk [romanization], چالاکتَر [comparative], چالاکتَرین [superlative]
Etymology: Related to چلیدن (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-. Etymology templates: {{m|fa|چلیدن|t=to walk proudly, saunter|tr=čalidan}} چلیدن (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”), {{der|fa|ine-pro|*kʷel-}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Head templates: {{fa-adj|c=+|tr=čâlâk}} چالاک • (čâlâk) (comparative چالاکتَر (čâlâk-tar), superlative چالاکتَرین (čâlâk-tarin))
  1. nimble; quick Synonyms: چست, جلد, چابک
    Sense id: en-چالاک-fa-adj-W~9Tr7lc
  2. clever; smart Synonyms: زرنگ
    Sense id: en-چالاک-fa-adj-RnStIEE9

Noun

IPA: [t͡ʃɑː.ˈlɑːk] [Classical-Persian], [t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk] [Dari, formal], [t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk] [Dari, formal], [t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk] [Kabuli], [t͡ʃʰɔː.lɔ́ːk] (note: Hazaragi), [t͡ʃʰɒː.lɒ́ːkʲ] [Iran, formal], [t͡ʃʰɔ.lɔ́k] [Tajik, formal] Forms: čâlâk [romanization]
Etymology: Related to چلیدن (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-. Etymology templates: {{m|fa|چلیدن|t=to walk proudly, saunter|tr=čalidan}} چلیدن (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”), {{der|fa|ine-pro|*kʷel-}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|||||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=čâlâk|tr2=|tr3=}} چالاک • (čâlâk), {{fa-noun|tr=čâlâk}} چالاک • (čâlâk)
  1. (Dari) cunning person; quick wit; trickster Tags: Dari
    Sense id: en-چالاک-fa-noun-4MScZl8b Categories (other): Dari, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 18 6 53 23
  2. (obsolete or Dari) thief; scammer Tags: Dari, obsolete
    Sense id: en-چالاک-fa-noun-Hi~hUl~H Categories (other): Dari

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ahr",
            "2": "चलाक",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ahirani: चलाक (calāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ahirani: चलाक (calāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "চালাক",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: চালাক (calak)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: চালাক (calak)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "চালাক",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: চালাক (salak)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: চালাক (salak)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ckb",
            "2": "چالاک",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Central Kurdish: چالاک (çalak)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Central Kurdish: چالاک (çalak)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gju",
            "2": "چالاک",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "cālāk"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gojri: چالاک (cālāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gojri: چالاک (cālāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "ચાલાક",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: ચાલાક (cālāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: ચાલાક (cālāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani: cālāk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "चालाक",
            "tr": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: चालाक",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: चालाक"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "چَالَاکْ"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: چَالَاکْ (cālāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: چَالَاکْ (cālāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kls",
            "2": "čalak",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kalasha: čalak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kalasha: čalak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ಚಾಲಾಕು",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ಚಾಲಾಕು (cālāku)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ಚಾಲಾಕು (cālāku)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kok",
            "2": "चलाख",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Konkani: चलाख (calākh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Konkani: चलाख (calākh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "calak",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: calak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: calak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "calak"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: calak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: calak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mup",
            "2": "चालाक",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malvi: चालाक (cālāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malvi: चालाक (cālāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "चलाख",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: चलाख (calākh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: चलाख (calākh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ଚଲାକ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Odia: ଚଲାକ (côlakô)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Odia: ଚଲାକ (côlakô)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਚਲਾਕ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਚਲਾਕ (calāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਚਲਾਕ (calāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "چَلاک",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "calāk"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: چَلاک (calāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: چَلاک (calāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sd",
            "2": "چالاڪُ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sindhi: چالاڪُ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sindhi: چالاڪُ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "சாலக்கு",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: சாலக்கு (cālakku)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: சாலக்கு (cālakku)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "చలాకు",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: చలాకు (calāku)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: చలాకు (calāku)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vah",
            "2": "चलाख",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Varhadi: चलाख (calākh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Varhadi: चलाख (calākh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ush",
            "2": "چالاک",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "čalāk"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ushojo: چالاک (čalāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ushojo: چالاک (čalāk)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "چلیدن",
        "t": "to walk proudly, saunter",
        "tr": "čalidan"
      },
      "expansion": "چلیدن (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to چلیدن (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "čâlâk",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "چالاکتَر",
      "roman": "čâlâk-tar",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "چالاکتَرین",
      "roman": "čâlâk-tarin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "c": "+",
        "tr": "čâlâk"
      },
      "expansion": "چالاک • (čâlâk) (comparative چالاکتَر (čâlâk-tar), superlative چالاکتَرین (čâlâk-tarin))",
      "name": "fa-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "O you whose stature is nimbler than the swaying cypress,\nThanks to your face, my heart has more delight than [even] your face.\n(Classical Persian transliteration)",
          "ref": "c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 70”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]",
          "roman": "dil ba rōy-i tu zi rōy-i tu tarabnāktar ast",
          "text": "ای که از سرو روان قد تو چالاکترست\nدل به روی تو ز روی تو طربناکترست\nay ki az sarw-i rawān qadd-e tu čālāktar ast",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nimble; quick"
      ],
      "id": "en-چالاک-fa-adj-W~9Tr7lc",
      "links": [
        [
          "nimble",
          "nimble"
        ],
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "چست"
        },
        {
          "word": "جلد"
        },
        {
          "word": "چابک"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clever; smart"
      ],
      "id": "en-چالاک-fa-adj-RnStIEE9",
      "links": [
        [
          "clever",
          "clever"
        ],
        [
          "smart",
          "smart"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "زرنگ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃɑː.ˈlɑːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɔː.lɔ́ːk]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɒː.lɒ́ːkʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɔ.lɔ́k]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "چالاک"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "چلیدن",
        "t": "to walk proudly, saunter",
        "tr": "čalidan"
      },
      "expansion": "چلیدن (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to چلیدن (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "čâlâk",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "čâlâk",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "چالاک • (čâlâk)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "čâlâk"
      },
      "expansion": "چالاک • (čâlâk)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dari",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 6 53 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cunning person; quick wit; trickster"
      ],
      "id": "en-چالاک-fa-noun-4MScZl8b",
      "links": [
        [
          "cunning",
          "cunning"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "wit",
          "wit"
        ],
        [
          "trickster",
          "trickster"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Dari) cunning person; quick wit; trickster"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dari",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thief; scammer"
      ],
      "id": "en-چالاک-fa-noun-Hi~hUl~H",
      "links": [
        [
          "thief",
          "thief"
        ],
        [
          "scammer",
          "scammer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete or Dari) thief; scammer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃɑː.ˈlɑːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɔː.lɔ́ːk]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɒː.lɒ́ːkʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɔ.lɔ́k]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "چالاک"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Persian adjectives",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ahr",
            "2": "चलाक",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ahirani: चलाक (calāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ahirani: चलाक (calāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "চালাক",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: চালাক (calak)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: চালাক (calak)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "চালাক",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: চালাক (salak)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: চালাক (salak)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ckb",
            "2": "چالاک",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Central Kurdish: چالاک (çalak)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Central Kurdish: چالاک (çalak)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gju",
            "2": "چالاک",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "cālāk"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gojri: چالاک (cālāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gojri: چالاک (cālāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "ચાલાક",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: ચાલાક (cālāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: ચાલાક (cālāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani: cālāk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "चालाक",
            "tr": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: चालाक",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: चालाक"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "چَالَاکْ"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: چَالَاکْ (cālāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: چَالَاکْ (cālāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kls",
            "2": "čalak",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kalasha: čalak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kalasha: čalak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ಚಾಲಾಕು",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ಚಾಲಾಕು (cālāku)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ಚಾಲಾಕು (cālāku)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kok",
            "2": "चलाख",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Konkani: चलाख (calākh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Konkani: चलाख (calākh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "calak",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: calak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: calak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "calak"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: calak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: calak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mup",
            "2": "चालाक",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malvi: चालाक (cālāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malvi: चालाक (cālāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "चलाख",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: चलाख (calākh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: चलाख (calākh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ଚଲାକ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Odia: ଚଲାକ (côlakô)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Odia: ଚଲାକ (côlakô)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਚਲਾਕ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਚਲਾਕ (calāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਚਲਾਕ (calāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "چَلاک",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "calāk"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: چَلاک (calāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: چَلاک (calāk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sd",
            "2": "چالاڪُ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sindhi: چالاڪُ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sindhi: چالاڪُ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "சாலக்கு",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: சாலக்கு (cālakku)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: சாலக்கு (cālakku)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "చలాకు",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: చలాకు (calāku)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: చలాకు (calāku)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vah",
            "2": "चलाख",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Varhadi: चलाख (calākh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Varhadi: चलाख (calākh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ush",
            "2": "چالاک",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "čalāk"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ushojo: چالاک (čalāk)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ushojo: چالاک (čalāk)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "چلیدن",
        "t": "to walk proudly, saunter",
        "tr": "čalidan"
      },
      "expansion": "چلیدن (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to چلیدن (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "čâlâk",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "چالاکتَر",
      "roman": "čâlâk-tar",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "چالاکتَرین",
      "roman": "čâlâk-tarin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "c": "+",
        "tr": "čâlâk"
      },
      "expansion": "چالاک • (čâlâk) (comparative چالاکتَر (čâlâk-tar), superlative چالاکتَرین (čâlâk-tarin))",
      "name": "fa-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "O you whose stature is nimbler than the swaying cypress,\nThanks to your face, my heart has more delight than [even] your face.\n(Classical Persian transliteration)",
          "ref": "c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 70”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]",
          "roman": "dil ba rōy-i tu zi rōy-i tu tarabnāktar ast",
          "text": "ای که از سرو روان قد تو چالاکترست\nدل به روی تو ز روی تو طربناکترست\nay ki az sarw-i rawān qadd-e tu čālāktar ast",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nimble; quick"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nimble",
          "nimble"
        ],
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "چست"
        },
        {
          "word": "جلد"
        },
        {
          "word": "چابک"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clever; smart"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clever",
          "clever"
        ],
        [
          "smart",
          "smart"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "زرنگ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃɑː.ˈlɑːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɔː.lɔ́ːk]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɒː.lɒ́ːkʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɔ.lɔ́k]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "چالاک"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Persian adjectives",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "چلیدن",
        "t": "to walk proudly, saunter",
        "tr": "čalidan"
      },
      "expansion": "چلیدن (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to چلیدن (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "čâlâk",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "čâlâk",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "چالاک • (čâlâk)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "čâlâk"
      },
      "expansion": "چالاک • (čâlâk)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dari"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cunning person; quick wit; trickster"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cunning",
          "cunning"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "wit",
          "wit"
        ],
        [
          "trickster",
          "trickster"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Dari) cunning person; quick wit; trickster"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dari",
        "Persian terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thief; scammer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thief",
          "thief"
        ],
        [
          "scammer",
          "scammer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete or Dari) thief; scammer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃɑː.ˈlɑːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɑː.lɑ́ːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɔː.lɔ́ːk]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɒː.lɒ́ːkʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɔ.lɔ́k]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "چالاک"
}

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