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kulcha

kulcha noun: a type of leavened bread from northern India, made with wheat flour and usually eaten with chole. Also the alternative spelling of culcha.

Noun

kulcha (countable and uncountable, plural kulchas)

  1. A type of leavened bread from northern India, made with wheat flour and usually eaten with chole.
    • The raita is one of the best in town; goat-cheese kulcha is an unusual and tasty take on Indian bread.2009 January 16, Marian Burros, “Penn Quarter’s International Flavor”, in New York Times

Also used as

kulcha is also the alternative spelling of culcha.

Forms of kulcha

pluralkulchas

Origin of kulcha

From Punjabi ਕੁਲਚਾ (kulcā), from Classical Persian کلیچه (kulīča), کلچه (kolča). Doublet of kulich.

Questions about kulcha

What does kulcha mean?
Kulcha means a type of leavened bread from northern India, made with wheat flour and usually eaten with chole.
What part of speech is kulcha?
Kulcha is a noun.
What is the plural of kulcha?
The plural of kulcha is kulchas.

Words near kulcha in the dictionary

  1. kulanite
  2. kulans
  3. kulas
  4. Kulasihan
  5. kulbasa
  6. kulcha
  7. kulchas
  8. Kulcsar
  9. Kuldja
  10. Kuleba
  11. Kulesa

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