چپل

See also: جبل, ختل, and حبل

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Telugu చెప్పులు (ceppulu), the plural of చెప్పు (ceppu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəpː.əl/
• Rhymes: -əl

Noun

چَپَّل • (cappal) f (Hindi spelling चप्पल)

1. slipper
2. sandal

Declension

Declension of چپل
	singular	plural
direct	چپّل (cappal)	چپّلیں (cappalẽ)
oblique	چپّل (cappal)	چپّلوں (cappalõ)
vocative	چپّل (cappal)	چپّلو (cappalo)

Descendants

• → Ishkashimi: čaplí
• → Kalasha: چامپیلؕ (čampéḷ)
• → Pashto: څپلۍ (śaplə́y)
• → Classical Persian:
  • → Dari: چپلی (čaplī)
    • → Armenian: չափուլա (čʻapʻula)
    • → Old Georgian: ჩაფლაჲ (čaplay) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Turkish: çapula, çabula, çabla
  • →⇒ Persian: پاچیله (pâčila)
• → Wakhi: čaplí
• → Waneci: [script needed] (cəplī)

References

• “چپل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “چپل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.