چالش

چالش

Persian

Etymology

Deverbal noun of the verb چالیدن‎ (čâlidan), چلیدن‎ (čalidan, “to walk proudly, saunter”), and also possibly related to چلیدن‎ (čalidan), چلاندن‎ (čalândan, “to put pressure”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn”). Related to Persian چالاک‎ (čâlâk, “fast, agile, strong, able”), Sanskrit चरति (carati, “to move oneself, to be engaged in”), and Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬁𐬥𐬍‎ (carānī, “I move, I approach”). Unrelated to Turkish çalışmak (“to work, study”), though they may have influenced each other.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒːˈleʃ]

Noun

چالش • (čâleš)

1. challenge, struggle
2. battle, fight, quarrel

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “چالش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 260