As a Hindi name
वाचाल · adj
बालने में तेज । वाक्पटु · बकवादी । व्यर्थ बकनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
वाचाल · vāćāl · adj.
Talkative, garrulous, loquacious, talking much or idly, chattering, gabbling, prating — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1172
वाँ
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
talkative, chattering (said also of birds)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "vācāla" is derived from "vācā" with the lac suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. vācā f. speech, a word, Pañcat.; KātyŚr., Sch. &c.
the goddess of sp˚, Uṇ. ii, 57, Sch.
vācāla mf(ā)n. talkative, chattering (said also of birds), Kāv.; Kathās.
boasting, VarBṛ., Sch.; Rājat.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
vācāla mf(ā)n. talkative, chattering (said also of birds), Kāv.; Kathās.
boasting, VarBṛ., Sch.; Rājat.
full of noise and bustle, (ifc.) filled with the song or noise of R.; Vās. &c.
vācāla a. [vāc-ālac casya na kaḥ] 1 Noisy, making a sound, crying. 2 Talkative, garrulous; see vācāṭa; Śi. 1. 40. 3 Boasting, swaggering.
vācāla mfn. (-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Talkative, chattering, gabbling, talking much and idly or blamably. E. vāc speech, and ālac aff.
1. vācā f. speech, a word, Pañcat.; KātyŚr., Sch. &c.
the goddess of sp˚, Uṇ. ii, 57, Sch.
Alternative readings
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