chureln.

/tʃʊˈreɪl/

Etymology: < Hindi cuṛail.

In India, the ghost of a woman who has died in child-birth, believed to haunt lonely places malevolently and to spread disease.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun]

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1901 R. Kipling Kim viii, in McClure's Mag. May 63/2 A churel is the peculiarly malignant ghost of a woman who has died in child-bed. She haunts lonely roads, her feet are turned backwards on the ankles, and she leads men to torment.

1917 Nature 1 Nov. 172/1 When an attack of disease is attributed to the malevolence of the spirit of a woman who has died in childbirth, known as churel, a little palanquin, a doll, and some other articles are placed at night at a spot where four roads meet.

1960 Times 26 Aug. 12/6 Was it some wretched coolie in the labour-lines tormented by the nightmare churel?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	churel
释义	chureln. /tʃʊˈreɪl/ Etymology: < Hindi cuṛail. In India, the ghost of a woman who has died in child-birth, believed to haunt lonely places malevolently and to spread disease. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] soulOE huea1000 ghostOE fantasyc1325 spiritc1350 phantomc1384 phantasmc1430 haunterc1440 shadowa1464 appearance1488 wraith1513 hag1538 spoorn1584 vizarda1591 life-in-death1593 phantasma1598 umbra1601 larve1603 spectre1605 spectrum1611 apparitiona1616 shadea1616 shapea1616 showa1616 idolum1619 larva1651 white hat?1693 zumbi1704 jumbie1764 duppy1774 waff1777 zombie1788 Wild Huntsman1796 spook1801 ghostie1810 hantua1811 preta1811 bodach1814 revenant1823 death-fetch1826 sowlth1829 haunt1843 night-bat1847 spectrality1850 thivish1852 beastie1867 ghost soul1869 barrow-wight1891 resurrect1892 waft1897 churel1901 comeback1908 1901 R. Kipling Kim viii, in McClure's Mag. May 63/2 A churel is the peculiarly malignant ghost of a woman who has died in child-bed. She haunts lonely roads, her feet are turned backwards on the ankles, and she leads men to torment. 1917 Nature 1 Nov. 172/1 When an attack of disease is attributed to the malevolence of the spirit of a woman who has died in childbirth, known as churel, a little palanquin, a doll, and some other articles are placed at night at a spot where four roads meet. 1960 Times 26 Aug. 12/6 Was it some wretched coolie in the labour-lines tormented by the nightmare churel? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1901
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