चुल्ली

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চুল্লী (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬸᬮ᭄ᬮᬷ (Balinese script)
• চুল্লী (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰲𑰩𑰿𑰩𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• စုလ္လီ (Burmese script)
• ચુલ્લી (Gujarati script)
• ਚੁਲ੍ਲੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍁𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦸꦭ꧀ꦭꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂳𑂪𑂹𑂪𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಚುಲ್ಲೀ (Kannada script)
• ចុល្លី (Khmer script)
• ຈຸລ຺ລີ (Lao script)
• ചുല്ലീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡠᠯᠯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘳𑘩𑘿𑘩𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠤᠯᠯᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧔𑧉𑧠𑧉𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐸𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଚୁଲ୍ଲୀ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢸꢭ꣄ꢭꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆶𑆬𑇀𑆬𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖲𑖩𑖿𑖩𑖱 (Siddham script)
• චුල‍්ලී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩒𑩽 𑪙𑩽𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚰𑚥𑚶𑚥𑚯 (Takri script)
• சுல்லீ (Tamil script)
• చుల్లీ (Telugu script)
• จุลฺลี (Thai script)
• ཙུ་ལླཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒳𑒪𑓂𑒪𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨃𑨬𑩇𑨬𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian; ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *col. Compare Tamil உலை (ulai).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕul.liː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕul̪.l̪iː/

Noun

चुल्ली • (cullī) stem, ?

1. fire-place
2. funeral pile
3. large apartment or hall composed of three divisions, one looking north, another east, and the third west

Descendants

• Bengali: চুলা (cula)
• Marathi: चूल (cūl)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀘𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀻 (cullī), 𑀘𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺 (culli)
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: चूल्हा (cūlhā)
      • → Gulf Arabic: چولة (čūla)
      • → English: chulha
      • → Mauritian Creole: chula
    • Urdu: چُولھَا (cūlhā)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “चुल्ली”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]