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aanchal

aanchal noun: the end of a sari that hangs loose over the shoulder.

Noun

aanchal (plural aanchals)

  1. The end of a sari that hangs loose over the shoulder.
    • 'it behoves you to act in accordance with your age. It's time to let go of your mother's aanchal and set up house with your wife; it seems shameful for you to still behave like a little boy.'2012, Rabindranath Tagore, Chokher Bali, India: Random House, page 5
    Synonyms:
    pallu

Proper noun capitalized: Aanchal

Aanchal

  1. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

aanchal meaning in Gujarati

aanchal in Gujarati

aanchal, the end of sari; the end of a sari wrapped around breast
અંચલ añcal

Synonyms of aanchal

Forms of aanchal

pluralaanchals
alternative formanchal

Origin of aanchal

Borrowed from Hindi आँचल (ā̃cal), from Sanskrit अञ्चल (añcala).

Borrowed from Sanskrit आँचल (ām̐cala).

Questions about aanchal

What does aanchal mean?
Aanchal means the end of a sari that hangs loose over the shoulder.
What is aanchal in Gujarati?
Aanchal in Gujarati is અંચલ (añcal). See Aanchal meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is aanchal?
Aanchal can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of aanchal?
The plural of aanchal is aanchals.

Words near aanchal in the dictionary

  1. aams
  2. AAMT
  3. aamti
  4. AAN
  5. AANBUS
  6. aanchal
  7. aanchals
  8. aandblom
  9. aandblomme
  10. aandblommetjie
  11. aandblommetjies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aanchal (page history and authors); Aanchal (page history and authors); અંચલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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