As a Hindi name
छलना · verb
स॰ [सं॰ छल] किसी को धोखा देना । भुलावे में डालना । दगा देना । प्रतारित करना — Śabdasāgara
छलना · noun · feminine
धोखा । छल । प्रतारण — Śabdasāgara
छलना · ćhalnā · v.t.
To deceive, delude, trick, cheat, outwit, circumvent, impose on; to evade; to feign, pretend; to represent jalsely — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 463
छलना · ćhalnā · s.m.
A strainer, a cloth through which anything is sifted (see ćhalnī) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 463
छलना
to cheat, deceive
Cited formation "छलना" is छल + -ना: छल means "fraud, deceit; excuse", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "छलना" is छलना + -ना: छलना means "to cheat, deceive", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit छलयति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀮𑁂𑀤𑀺 (chaledi), from Sanskrit छलयति (chalayati).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
chalayati Den. P. To outwit, deceive, cheat; baliṃ chalayate Gīt. 1; śaivālalolāṃśchalayaṃti mīnān R. 16. 61; Bg. 10. 36; Amaru. 41.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
deceiving
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M1 · same meaning "chalanā" is the feminine form of "chalana" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
chalanā f. deceiving, iii, 17 (Sāh.)
chalanaṃ, -nā [chal ṇic bhāve lyuṭ] 1 Deceiving, cheating, outwitting. 2 Fraud, trick.
chalana n. deceiving, deluding, tricking, outwitting, MBh. vi, 28
(in dram.) contempt (avamānana), Pratāpar.; Daśar. i, 46
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