चुल्लू

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀼𑀮𑀼𑀅 (culua), from Sanskrit चुलुक (culuka). Doublet of चुलुक (culuk). Compare Gujarati ચળું (caḷũ), Marathi चूळ (cūḷ), Sindhi چُرُو / चुरू, Punjabi ਚੁਲਾ (culā) / چُلا (culā), ਚੁਲੀ (culī) / چُلِی (culī), Odia ଚଳୁ (côḷu), Assamese চলু (solu).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʊl.luː/

Noun

चुल्लू • (cullū) m (Urdu spelling چُلُّو)

1. the palm of the hand hollowed (as to hold water)

Declension

Declension of चुल्लू (masc ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चुल्लू cullū	चुल्लू cullū
oblique	चुल्लू cullū	चुल्लुओं culluõ
vocative	चुल्लू cullū	चुल्लुओ culluo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चुल्लू”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “चुल्लू”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चुल्लू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “चुल्लू”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cullū”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press