As a Hindi name
छलक · ćhalak · s.f.
Running over, overflow; splashing, splash — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 463
छलक · ćhalak · adj.
Deceptive, delusive; deceiving, cheating — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 463
छलकना
to spill, splash; to overflow; to sway, ripple
Śabdasāgara also records: छलकने का भाव या क्रिया
Cited formation "छलक" is a compound of छह ("six") + लक ("= lakh = lākh, q.v"): छ- is the combining form of छह, its long vowel shortened. CHD Basic Grammar App. III §3 — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word of Ashokan Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀙𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁆 (*chalakk), from *𑀙𑀮 (*chala, “splash”). Compare Punjabi ਚਲਕਣਾ (calkaṇā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
delusive
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M3 · meaning shifts "chalaka" is derived from "chala" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
chala n. (√ skhal) (exceptionally m., BhP. vii, 15, 12; g. ardharcādi) fraud, deceit, sham, guise, pretence, delusion, semblance, fiction, feint, trick, fallacy (often ifc., e.g. upadā-chalena, ‘under pretence of gifts of honour’ i.e. with feigned gifts, Ragh. vii, 27; rajaś-chalena, ‘under the semblance of dust’, xvi, 28; see kanyakā-, dharma-, vāk-), Mn. viii, 49 and (a-cch˚, neg.), 187; MBh. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , Kathās. lxii, 164)
deceitful disputation, perverting the sense of words, Nyāyas. i, 51 ff.; Sarvad.
chalaka mfn. delusive, Hariv. 11476.
chalaka a. Delusive, cheating.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
chalaka mfn. delusive, Hariv. 11476.
chalaka a. Delusive, cheating.
chala n. (√ skhal) (exceptionally m., BhP. vii, 15, 12; g. ardharcādi) fraud, deceit, sham, guise, pretence, delusion, semblance, fiction, feint, trick, fallacy (often ifc., e.g. upadā-chalena, ‘under pretence of gifts of honour’ i.e. with feigned gifts, Ragh. vii, 27; rajaś-chalena, ‘under the semblance of dust’, xvi, 28; see kanyakā-, dharma-, vāk-), Mn. viii, 49 and (a-cch˚, neg.), 187; MBh. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , Kathās. lxii, 164)
deceitful disputation, perverting the sense of words, Nyāyas. i, 51 ff.; Sarvad.
Alternative readings
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