चना

See also: चूना, चीनी, चीन, चिनी, and चैन

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀡𑀕 (caṇaga), 𑀘𑀡 (caṇa), from Sanskrit चण (caṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.nɑː/, [t͡ʃɐ.näː]

Noun

चना • (canā) m (Urdu spelling چنا)

1. chana, chickpea, Cicer arietinum

Declension

Declension of चना (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चना canā	चने cane
oblique	चने cane	चनों canõ
vocative	चने cane	चनो cano

Derived terms

• नाकों चने चबवाना (nākõ cane cabvānā)

Descendants

• → English: chana

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “caṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press