churel

English

Etymology

From Hindi चुड़ैल (cuṛail).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃʊˈɹeɪl/

Noun

churel (plural churels)

  1. In Hindu folklore, the ghost of a woman who died during childbirth, pregnancy; or a witch.
    • 1895, William Crooke, North Indian Notes and Queries, page 39:
      As a churel she now prowls about the neighbourhood with her child in her arms.
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 32:
      The Churel, or woman dying in chold-birth, has been mentioned elsewhere.
    • 1953, The Virginia Quarterly Review, volume 29, page 410:
      He talked in whispers, and with the utmost respect, of the churel that might be listening overhead.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi चुड़ैल (cuṛail).

Noun

churel

  1. witch
  2. ghost

Synonyms

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