चूळ

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘓𑘳𑘯 (ċuḷa), from Prakrit 𑀘𑀼𑀮𑀼𑀅 (culua), from Sanskrit चुलु (culu). Compare Gujarati ચળું (caḷũ), Hindustani چُلُّو‎ / चुल्लू (cullū), Sindhi چُرُو‎ / चुरू, Punjabi ਚੁਲਾ (culā) / چُلا‎ (culā), ਚੁਲੀ (culī) / چُلِی‎ (culī), Oriya ଚଳୁ (côḷu), Assamese চলু (solu).

• IPA^(key): /t͡suɭ̆/, [t͡suːɭ̆]

चूळ • (cūḷ) f

1. palm of the hand cupped to contain a liquid

• चूळ भरणे (cūḷ bharṇe, “to rinse one's mouth”)

• 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
• Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “चूळ”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “culu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 266