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चाल ćāl (v.n. of ćālnā= ćalnā, q.v.), s.f. Motion, movement, gait, walk, carriage; pace (of a horse); a move (in chess, etc.); course, procedure, process, mode, method, manner, fashion; rule, practice, custom, usage; conduct, behaviour, habit; breeding, politeness; means, expedient, plan, scheme, device, artifice, manœuvre, trick, stratagem; a metre; a tune, an air;—a kind of fish:—ćāl pakaṛnā(-kī), To follow the course, or practice, or fashion, etc. (of); to adopt the custom, etc. (of); to become current, to prevail:—ćāl-ṭhīk ćakkar, s.m. A balance-wheel (of a watch):—ćāl ṭhīk karnā(-kī), To regulate (a watch, etc.):—ćāl-ćalan, s.f.m.(?), Behaviour, conduct, demeanour:—ćāl ćalnā, vn. To behave, act, conduct oneself; to practise tricks or deception (on, -se), to behave deceitfully (towards):—ćāl dikhānā(-kī), To show the paces (of); togo away, be off:—ćāl-ḍhāl, s.f. Gait, motion, procedure; manners, behaviour, deportment; breeding, politeness; fashion, make, frame:—ćāl milnā(-kī), To get (at); to smell a rat:—ćāl-meṅ ānā(-kī), To fall into the scheming (of), tobe tricked or deceived (by).
Origin: Hindi