English

Noun

chawl ‎(plural chawls)

1. a type of building found in India. Often having 4 to 5 stories with about 10 to 20 tenements, they are also known as kholis
   • 2016 June 19, “Tiger Shroff: My father is the original hero, he doesn’t have to try like me. I fake it.”, in The Times of India:

     I came from a chawl, and when I started out main zyada baat nahi karta tha, mera haath zyada chalta tha (both laugh!