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tjalla.

to inform on, to snitch; often to someone of authority, such as the police

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Meaning & usage

verb/²ɕala/
  1. to inform on, to snitch; often to someone of authority, such as the police

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Where this word comes from

From Tavringer Romani tjalla (“inform on”), probably from Romani xalo (“fraud, impostor, non-Romani”). Related to Sanskrit छलिन् (chalin, “cheat, swindler, fraud”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.