chula

See also: chúla

English

Alternative forms

• choola, choolah, chulha

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Cahul, Chaul

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: chu‧la

Verb

chula

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

Chickasaw

Noun

chula

1. Humes' spelling of chola

Choctaw

Etymology

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

Noun

chula

1. fox

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• chulha

Etymology

From Hindi चूल्हा (cūlhā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃul(h)a/

Noun

chula

1. fireplace
2. fire

Related terms

• met chula

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

chula

1. third-person singular present of chulać

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Adjective

chula

1. feminine singular of chulo

Etymology 2

Verb

chula

1. inflection of chular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chula f (plural chulas)

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

Adjective

chula

1. feminine singular of chulo

Further reading

• “chula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025