ululu
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Onomatopoeic. Not related to ululate, ululative, or ululation.
Noun[edit]
ululu (plural not attested)
- An auspicious cry uttered by Indian women on festive occasions.
- 1982, The Orissa Historical Research Journal, page 205:
- The use of Ululu […] as an auspicious sound is not only made by the women of Bengal, but also by the women of Orissa till to-day on festive occasions.
- 2004, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, The Slaying of Meghanada: A Ramayana from Colonial Bengal, page 228:
- The women Rākṣasa gave out auspicious calls of ululu which, when joined with ululations, rose into the skies.
- 2012, Hillary Rodrigues, Ritual Worship of the Great Goddess, page 54:
- The women of the household utter a blood-curdling cry, onomatopoeically called the ululu, during the ārati. Bengali women utter this cry during all the high points of the Durga Pfija ritual.
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ululu