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ਛੋਲਾ

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Particularly: “From Prakrit [script needed] (chollaï, “skins”), from unattested Sanskrit *छोल्ल् (choll, “to peel, skin”) (from the way chickpeas are dehulled from their pods), probably borrowed from Dravidian.[1]”

Noun

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ਛੋਲਾ • (cholā) m

  1. chickpea
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References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*chōll”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

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  • “ਛੋਲਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
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