চালু

From চলা (cola, “to move, to walk about”). Compare Hindi चालू (cālū) and Marathi चालू (cālū).

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃalu/, [ˈt͡ʃaluˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tɕalu/, [ˈtɕaluˑ]

চালু • (calu) (comparative আরও চালু, superlative সবচেয়ে চালু)

1. current, in vogue

   চালু করা ― calu kora ― to introduce to market, to make popular

   চালু থাকা ― calu thaka ― to be popular, to be in vogue

2. sells well
3. shrewd, unscrupulously smart

   চালু মাল

   calu mal

   a saleable commodity; a crafty, clever person

• Biswas, Sailendra (2000), “চালু”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.
• Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938), “চালু”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC.
• Bhaṭṭācārya, Subhāsha (2003), “চালু”, in Saṁsada Bāṁlā uccāraṇa abhidhāna, 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Sāhitya Saṃsada, →OCLC.
• Biswas, Sailendra (2004), “চালু”, in সংসদ বাংলা অভিধান, 7^th edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad.
• “চালু”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.