চুরুলিয়া

Bengali

Etymology

Probably vowel-harmonized from Middle Bengali *চারুলিয়া (*caruliẏa), from an earlier *চারৌলিয়া (*carōuliẏa), a compound of চার (car, “four”) +‎ ঔলিয়া (ōuliẏa, “saints”), such named due to the reverence of four medieval saints in the region.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /tʃuɾuli̯a/, [ˈtʃuɾuli̯aˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tɕuɹuli̯a/, [ˈtɕuɹuli̯aˑ]

Proper noun

চুরুলিয়া • (curuliẏa)

1. Churulia (a village in Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India)