churel
English
Etymology
From Hindi चुड़ैल (cuṛail).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃʊˈɹeɪl/
Noun
churel (plural churels)
- In Hindu folklore, the ghost of a low-caste woman who died during childbirth or menstruation.
- 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.
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Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From Hindi चुड़ैल (cuṛail).
Noun
churel
- witch
- ghost
Synonyms
- sorsier (witch)
- diab (ghost)