As a Hindi name
चुलुक · noun · masculine
उर्द के डूबने भर को जल · भारी दलदल । गहरा कीचड़ा · गहरी की हुई हथेली जिसमें पानी इत्यादि पी सकें । चुल्लू — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
deep mud or mire
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "culuka" is the vocative of "culukā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "culuka" is derived from "culu" with the ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
culu m. a handful of water, Gal.
culuka m. n. (= cal˚) the hand hollowed to hold water, handful or mouthful of water, draught, Bālar.; Naiṣ. (v.l. ˚laka, xxii, 41), Viddh. i, 15; Kuval. 462 & Pañcad. (˚laka) &c.
culuka m. deep mud or mire, L.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the masculine and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
culuka m. n. (= cal˚) the hand hollowed to hold water, handful or mouthful of water, draught, Bālar.; Naiṣ. (v.l. ˚laka, xxii, 41), Viddh. i, 15; Kuval. 462 & Pañcad. (˚laka) &c.
culuka m. deep mud or mire, L.
a small vessel (gallipot, &c.), L.
N. of a man g. kaṇvādi (˚laka, Gaṇaratnāv.)
culuka m. (-kaḥ) 1 Mud, mire. 2 A small vessel or pot, a gallipot, &c. 3 The hand hollowed to hold water. n. (-kaṃ) Water in which pulse has been steeped. E. cula to dip into, affix kvun: see caluka.
culukā f. N. of a river, MBh. vi, 9, 20 (˚lakā, C).
culu m. a handful of water, Gal.
Alternative readings
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