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churrus

churrus is the alternative form of charas.

Meaning of charas

Noun

charas (uncountable)

  1. Cannabis resin, used as an intoxicant in North India and Pakistan.
    • She had not smoked the charas to abdicate responsibility but to be sure of seizing her opportunity2005, Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown, Vintage, published 2006, page 61

Noun

churrus (plural churruses)

  1. A device used in India for drawing water from wells and discharging it into irrigation channels by means of pulley ropes and a large bag of hide.

Forms of churrus

pluralchurruses

Origin of churrus

Borrowed from Hindi चरसा (carsā) / Urdu چَرْسا (carsā)

Questions about churrus

What does churrus mean?
Churrus means a device used in India for drawing water from wells and discharging it into irrigation channels by means of pulley ropes and a large bag of hide.
What is churrus the alternative form of?
Churrus is the alternative form of charas.
What part of speech is churrus?
Churrus is a noun.
What is the plural of churrus?
The plural of churrus is churruses.

Words near churrus in the dictionary

  1. churrigueresque
  2. churring
  3. churro
  4. churros
  5. churrs
  6. churrus
  7. churruses
  8. churs
  9. chursinite
  10. Churston
  11. Churston Ferrers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: churrus (page history and authors); charas (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.

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