ছাওয়াল

• ছাবাল (chabal)

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀯𑀮 (chāvala​), from Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀯 (chāva) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮- (-la-), from Sanskrit *छाप (*chāpa, “young one”). Doublet of ছা (cha) and ছানা (chana). Cognate with Assamese ছৱাল (sowal), Romani ćhavo.

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰao̯al/, [ˈt͡ʃʰao̯al]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tɕʰao̯al/, [ˈtɕʰao̯al]

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ছাওয়াল • (chaoẇal) (chiefly Varendra, West Vanga)

1. boy, lad, brat
2. son
3. child

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “chāpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 275
• Accessible Dictionary, “ছাওয়াল, ছাবাল” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “ছাওয়াল, ছাবাল” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh