As a Hindi name
चालक · masculine
driver; conductor
Śabdasāgara also records: चलानेवाला । संचालक
Platts (p. 418) also records: Laxative
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi चालक — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit चालक (cālaka).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
cālaka m. a restive elephant (said of a person, Rājat. viii, 1644), L.
‘id.’ and ‘= cākrika’, Śiś. v.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a restive elephant (said of a person, )
Verified derivationMultiple readings (11)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "cālaka" is derived from "cāla" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
cāla m. (√ cal, g. jvalādi) ‘moving’, see danta-
looseness of the teeth, VarBṛS. lxvi, 5, Sch.
cālaka m. a restive elephant (said of a person, Rājat. viii, 1644), L.
‘id.’ and ‘= cākrika’, Śiś. v.
Dictionary citations
cālaka m. a restive elephant (said of a person, Rājat. viii, 1644), L.
‘id.’ and ‘= cākrika’, Śiś. v.
cālaka m. (-kaḥ) A restive elephant. E. cala to go, ṇvul aff.
cāla m. (√ cal, g. jvalādi) ‘moving’, see danta-
looseness of the teeth, VarBṛS. lxvi, 5, Sch.
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