# चूडा
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* চূডা (Assamese script)
* ᬘᬹᬟᬵ (Balinese script)
* চূডা (Bengali script)
* 𑰓𑰳𑰚𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀘𑀽𑀟𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* စူဍာ (Burmese script)
* ચૂડા (Gujarati script)
* ਚੂਡਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌚𑍂𑌡𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦕꦹꦝꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂒𑂴𑂙𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಚೂಡಾ (Kannada script)
* ចូឌា (Khmer script)
* ຈູຑາ (Lao script)
* ചൂഡാ (Malayalam script)
* ᢜᡠᡠᡷᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘓𑘴𑘚𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢋᠤᠤᢎᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦳𑧕𑦺𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐔𑐹𑐜𑐵 (Newa script)
* ଚୂଡା (Odia script)
* ꢗꢹꢞꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆖𑆷𑆝𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖓𑖳𑖚𑖯 (Siddham script)
* චූඩා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩡𑩒𑩛𑩨𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚏𑚱𑚖𑚭 (Takri script)
* சூட³ா (Tamil script)
* చూడా (Telugu script)
* จูฑา (Thai script)
* ཙཱུ་ཌཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒔𑒴𑒛𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨣𑨃𑨊𑨖𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From चूड.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /t͡ɕuː.ɖɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈt͡ɕuː.ɖɑː/
* Hyphenation: चू‧डा

### Noun

चूडा • (cūḍā) stem, f
* head hair
* a single lock or tuft left on the crown of the head after tonsure

#### Derived terms

* चूडामणि (cūḍāmaṇi)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Dameli: čṓŕu, čũŕ
*** ⇒ Dameli: čuŕwyéla
** Kalasha: čū̃ŕi
** Khowar: چڵ (čuḷ)
** Pashayi:
*** Northwest Pashayi: ċūn
** → Proto-Nuristani:
*** Kamkata-viri: čuŕ
*** Waigali: čuṛúk
* Pali: cūḷā
* Prakrit: 𑀘𑀽𑀟𑀸 (cūḍā), 𑀘𑀽𑀮𑀸 (cūlā), 𑀘𑀽𑀮𑀺𑀬𑀸 (cūliyā)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Balkan Romani: čurn
**** Baltic Romani: čur
**** Hindustani:
***** Hindi: चूड़ (cūṛ), चूड़ा (cūṛā), चूल (cūl), चोँडा (cõḍā), चोँड़ा (cõṛā)
***** Urdu: چُوڑ (cūṛ), چُوڑَا (cūṛā), چُول (cūl), چوںڈَا (cõḍā), چوںڑَا (cõṛā)
**** Romani: čui̦ya
**** Welsh Romani: čōrn
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: চুলি (suli), চুলা (sula)
**** Bengali: চুল (cul), চুলা (cula)
**** Bihari: चूर (cūr), चूल (cūl)
***** Bhojpuri: चुरिया (curiyā)
***** Maithili: चूड़ (cūṛ)
**** Odia: ଚୂଡ଼ (cuṛa), ଚୂଳ (cuḷa), ଚୂଲା (culā), ଚୂଳି (cuḷi)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Kumaoni: चुलो (culo), चुई (cuī)
**** Eastern Pahari:
***** Nepali: चुर (cura), चुरो (curo), चुलि (culi)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Lahnda: چںڑ (cūṛ), چوںڑی (cū̃ṛī), چول (cūl), چولں (cūlã), چوںڈا (cū̃ḍā)
***** Punjabi: cūl, cūlā, cū̃ḍā
    Gurmukhi script: ਚੂਲ, ਚੂਲਾ, ਚੂੰਡਾ
    Shahmukhi script: چُول, چُولَا, چُوںڈَا
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: cūṛa, cūṛi
    Arabic script: چُوڙَ, چُوڙِ
    Devanagari script: चूड़, चूड़ि
** Southern:
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Konkani: cuḍi
    Devanagari script: चुडि
    Kannada script: ಚುಡಿ
    Latin script: chuddi
**** Marathi: चूड (ċūḍ), चूळत (ċūḷat)
* Prakrit: 𑀘𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀻 (cŏṭṭī)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Hindustani: cuṭiyā
***** Hindi: चुटिया
***** Urdu: چُٹِیَا (cuṭiyā)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Odia: ଚୂଟି (cuṭi), ଚୁଂଦି (cundi)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Western Pahari:
***** Bhadrawahi: चोट (ċoṭ)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Lahnda: چوٹی (coṭī)
***** Punjabi: coṭṭā
    Gurmukhi script: ਚੋੱਟਾ
    Shahmukhi script: چوٹَّا
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: coṭu|, coṭo|, coṭī
    Arabic script: چوٽُ, چوٽو, چوٽِي
    Devanagari script: चोटु, चोटो, चोटी
****** Kachchi: ચોટી (coṭī)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ހުޅި (huḷi), އުޅި (uḷi), ހުޅު (huḷu)
**** Sinhalese: සිළු (siḷu)
** Western:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Gujarati: ચોટી (coṭī), ચોટલી (coṭlī), ચોટલો (coṭlo)

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cuda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 266