As a Hindi name
चुलुका · noun · feminine
एक प्राचीन नदी का नाम जिलका वर्णन महाभारत में आया है — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "चुलुका" is चुलुक + -आ: चुलुक means "उर्द के डूबने भर को जल", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "चुलुका" is चुलुक + -आ: चुलुक means "उर्द के डूबने भर को जल", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: a river, (˚lakā, C).
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "culukā" is the feminine form of "culuka" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
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
Dictionary citations
culukā f. N. of a river, MBh. vi, 9, 20 (˚lakā, C).
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.
culu m. a handful of water, Gal.
Alternative readings
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