Word.ws English Dictionary

chana

/ˈt͡ʃʌnə/

chana noun: a dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste.

chana: a dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste
Image: Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

chana (usually uncountable, plural chanas)

  1. (India, usually) A dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste.
  2. (India, usually) Chickpeas.
    Synonyms:
    kadala

Proper noun capitalized: Chana

Chana

  1. Hannah

chana meaning in Hindi and Urdu

chana in Hindi

Indian dish
चना canā

chana in Urdu

chana, chickpea
چنا canā

Synonyms of chana

Forms of chana

pluralchanas
alternative formchaná
alternative formchanna

Origin of chana

Borrowed from Hindi चना (canā).

Transliteration of Hebrew חַנָּה (chaná).

Words formed from chana

Phrases with chana

Questions about chana

What does chana mean?
Chana means a dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste.
What is chana in Hindi?
Chana in Hindi is चना (canā). See Chana meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is chana?
Chana can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce chana?
Chana is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃʌnə/.
What is the plural of chana?
The plural of chana is chanas.

Words near chana in the dictionary

  1. chamæleons
  2. chan
  3. Chan's megastick
  4. Chan's megasticks
  5. Chan-chiang
  6. chana
  7. chana daal
  8. chana dahl
  9. chana dal
  10. chana dhal
  11. Chanaan

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chana (page history and authors); Chana (page history and authors); چنا (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “chana.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/chana. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.