चुल्ली

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Sanskrit[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

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