chała

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chała

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yiddish חלה (khale).

Noun

chała f (diminutive chałka)

  1. challah (traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov)
    Synonym: chałka
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Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xala.

Noun

chała f

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) dreck, dross, rubbish (something worthless or of poor quality, especially literature, movies, theatre, etc.)
    Synonyms: gnieciuch, gniot, haft, kicz, szmira
    Hypernym: tandeta
  2. (dialectal) overgarment or dress
  3. (dialectal, Chełmno-Dobrzyń) rags (substandard clothing)
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Etymology 3

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Noun

chała f

  1. (folklore, Slavic mythology) ala (female mythological creature recorded in the folklore of Bulgarians, Macedonians, and Serbs; a demon of bad weather whose main purpose is to lead hail-producing thunderclouds in the direction of fields, vineyards, or orchards to destroy the crops, or loot and take them away)
    Synonym: ała
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Further reading

  • chała in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • chała in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • chała in PWN's encyclopedia
  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “chała”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 299