Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chenab

/ˈt͡ʃɪˌnɑb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: chenab
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪˌnɑb/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

a river in Punjab, Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Himachal Pradesh in India.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *čandrás Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćandrás Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-ó-s Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰāgás Sanskrit भाग (bhāga) Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā)bor. Classical Persian چَنَاب (čanāb)bor. Urdu چَنَاب (canāb)bor. ▲ Classical Persian چَنَاب (čanāb)bor. Hindi चनाब (canāb)bor. English Chenab Borrowed from Hindustani چَنَاب (canāb) / चनाब (canāb), from Classical Persian چَنَاب (čanāb), ultimately from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: چَنَاب, चन्द्रभागा

Inflected Forms

Chanab (alternative)

Derived Forms

Chenabi

Phrases

Chenab Valley

Frequently Paired Words

Chenab Valley Jhelum

Synonyms

Acesines

Questions

How do you pronounce chenab?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɪˌnɑb/.
What does chenab mean?: a river in Punjab, Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Himachal Pradesh in India.
Where does chenab come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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