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chandal

chandal is the alternative form of chandala.

Meaning of chandala

Noun

chandala (plural chandalas)

  1. (India) A person involved in the disposal of corpses, traditionally a lower-caste Hindu and considered untouchable.

Forms of chandal

pluralchandals

Origin of chandal

From Hindi चांडाल (cāṇḍāl).

Questions about chandal

What is chandal the alternative form of?
Chandal is the alternative form of chandala.

Words near chandal in the dictionary

  1. chancroids
  2. chancrous
  3. chancy
  4. Chand
  5. Chanda
  6. chandal
  7. chandala
  8. chandalas
  9. chandals
  10. Chandam
  11. Chandan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chandal (page history and authors); chandala (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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