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challan

UK/tʃəˈlɑːn/

challan noun: an official form or other kind of document, piece of paperwork, citation etc.

Noun

challan (plural challans or challan)

  1. (South-Asia) An official form or other kind of document, piece of paperwork, citation etc.
    • Mathur sighed that things had come to such a pass that no honest businessman could get even a challan form without first handing out a few rupees.2002, Romen Basu, Breach of Faith
    • The stores department will issue a challan for each packing.2010, Dr Ashok Sharma, Auditing, New Delhi, page 92

Verb

challan (third-person singular simple present challans, present participle challaning or challanning, simple past and past participle challaned or challanned)

  1. (South-Asia) To issue an official infringement citation.

challan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

challan in Hindi

challan, invoice; piece of paperwork
चालान cālān

challan in Tamil

செலுத்துச் சீட்டு

challan in Urdu

challan
چالان cālān

challan in Kannada

ಚಲನ್

Forms of challan

Noun
pluralchallans
pluralchallan
Verb
third-person singular presentchallans
present participlechallaning
present participlechallanning
past participlechallaned
pastchallaned
past participlechallanned
pastchallanned

Origin of challan

Borrowed from Hindi चालान (cālān) / Urdu چَالَان (cālān).

Questions about challan

What does challan mean?
Challan means an official form or other kind of document, piece of paperwork, citation etc.
What is challan in Hindi?
Challan in Hindi is चालान (cālān). See Challan meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is challan?
Challan can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce challan?
Challan is pronounced /tʃəˈlɑːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of challan?
The plural of challan is challans.

Words near challan in the dictionary

  1. challa
  2. challacolloite
  3. challacolloites
  4. challah
  5. challahs
  6. challan
  7. challaned
  8. challange
  9. challanged
  10. challanges
  11. challanging

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: challan (page history and authors); चालान (Hindi) (page history and authors); challan (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); چالان (Urdu) (page history and authors); challan (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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