chilla
Uzbek—English Dictionary (Dirks, 2005)
chilla
(Persian) term referring to both the hottest and coldest forty days of the year; the forty days following a child?s birth; rite involving 40 days of prayer and seclusion. yoz ~si/yozgi ~ period from 25th of June to the 5th of August. ~si/qishki ~ period from 25th of December to the 5th of February. ~ suvi mid-summer irrigation period. ~si chiqmagan not yet forty days old; green, inexperienced. ~ yara rash or sores which afflict a newborn. ~ o'tirto pray in seclusion for forty days; to stay at home for a long time. ~(ga) o'tqazib ket- to dupe.chillagirazon coll.s. chillakiro'zon.