चूड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चूड (cūḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuː.ɽɑː/, [t͡ʃuː.ɽäː]

Noun

चूड़ा • (cūṛā) f (female equivalent चूड़ी, Urdu spelling چُوڑا)

1. the ceremony of shaving the head
2. a single lock or tuft of hair left unshaven on the top of the head
3. crest (of a bird)

Declension

Declension of चूड़ा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चूड़ा cūṛā	चूड़ाएँ cūṛāẽ
oblique	चूड़ा cūṛā	चूड़ाओं cūṛāõ
vocative	चूड़ा cūṛā	चूड़ाओ cūṛāo

Descendants

• → English: choora

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022), “चूड़ा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]