चूळ
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘓𑘳𑘯 (ċuḷa), from Prakrit 𑀘𑀼𑀮𑀼𑀅 (culua), from Sanskrit चुलु (culu). Compare Gujarati ચળું (caḷũ), Hindustani چُلُّو (cullū) / चुल्लू (cullū), Sindhi چُرُو / चुरू, Punjabi ਚੁਲਾ (culā) / چُلا (culā), ਚੁਲੀ (culī) / چُلِی (culī), Odia ଚଳୁ (côḷu), Assamese চলু (solu).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
चूळ • (cūḷ) f
Derived terms edit
- चूळ भरणे (cūḷ bharṇe, “to rinse one's mouth”)
Further reading edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “चूळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चूळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चूळ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “culu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 266