chula

• choola, choolah, chulha

From Hindi चूल्हा (cūlhā), Bengali চুলা (cula).

chula (plural chulas)

1. (Bangladesh, India) A hearth, stove, or other traditional cooking-place.
   • 1996, Rahul Mudgal, Economic Dimensions of Rural Development, page 228:

     After conducting feed back surveys, it was established that success will not depend on maximum number of chulhas installed but also on after installation care and follow up measures to ensure that skill transfer in installation and operation of chulhas has appropriately taken place and any other difficulty and problem has been overcome.

   • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, page 6:

     When the basket was full, she carried it back and emptied it next to the outdoor chula where she did most of her cooking.

   • 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 68:

     Saroj was crouched over her small choolah, flattening dough between her palms, stretching it with her fingers, before slapping it onto the hot tawa to make chapattis.

• Cahul, Chaul

• Hyphenation: chu‧la

chula

1. (slang) to make out; to kiss passionately

chula

1. Humes' spelling of chola

Cognate with Koasati cola (“fox”), Chickasaw chula (“fox”), Creek culv

chula

1. fox

• chulha

From Hindi चूल्हा (cūlhā).

• IPA^(key): /tʃul(h)a/

chula

1. fireplace
2. fire

• met chula

• IPA^(key): /ˈxu.la/
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: chu‧la
• Homophone: hula

chula

1. third-person singular present of chulać

chula

1. feminine singular of chulo

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃula/
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: chu‧la

chula f (plural chulas)

1. Fruit of cactus of species Euphorbia murielii (erroneously Euphorbia candelabrum)

chula

1. feminine singular of chulo

• “chula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10