Chunam

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /tʃʊˈnɑːm/

Origin

From Tamil சுண்ணம் (cuṇṇam, "lime, ground mortar"), from Sanskrit चूर्ण (cūrṇa, "powder; lime").

Full definition of chunam

Noun

1. A type of plaster used in India, made from shell-lime and sand.
• 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘On the City Wall’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 429:The floor of the room was of polished chunam, white as curds.

Anagrams

• chuman
• Manchu
• maunch