చలాకు

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu چَالَاکْ (cālāk), from Classical Persian چالاک (čālāk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕalaːku/, [t͡ʃalaːku]

Noun

చలాకు • (calāku) ? (plural చలాకులు)

1. smartness, dexterity, cleverness

Adjective

చలాకు • (calāku)

1. smart, clever

References

• Brown-1903, Gwynn-1991 (2022) “చలాకు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia