चञ्चल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

চঞ্চল (Assamese script)
ᬘᬜ᭄ᬘᬮ (Balinese script)
চঞ্চল (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀮 (Brahmi script)
စဉ္စလ (Burmese script)
ચઞ્ચલ (Gujarati script)
ਚਞ੍ਚਲ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌲 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦚ꧀ꦕꦭ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂪 (Kaithi script)
ಚಞ್ಚಲ (Kannada script)
ចញ្ចល (Khmer script)
ຈຎ຺ຈລ (Lao script)
ചഞ്ചല (Malayalam script)
ᢜᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘩 (Modi script)
ᢋᠠᡛᢋᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐘𑑂𑐔𑐮 (Newa script)
ଚଞ୍ଚଲ (Odia script)
ꢗꢛ꣄ꢗꢭ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆚𑇀𑆖𑆬 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖩 (Siddham script)
චඤ්‍චල (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩥 𑪙𑩡𑩽 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚥 (Takri script)
சஞ்சல (Tamil script)
చఞ్చల (Telugu script)
จญฺจล (Thai script)
ཙ་ཉྩ་ལ (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒘𑓂𑒔𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.lɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.l̪ɐ/

Adjective

चञ्चल • (cañcala) stem

unsteady, fickle, tremulous

Derived terms

चञ्चलत्व (cañcalatva)

Descendants

Pali: cañcala
Prakrit: 𑀘𑀁𑀘𑀮 (caṃcala)
- Hindi: चंचल (cañcal)
- Southern:
  - Sinhalese: සසල (sasala), සසලය (sasalaya)
→ Tamil: சஞ்சலம் (cañcalam)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “cañcala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press