Karwa (also spelled karva) is a Hindi and Punjabi term for a traditional small clay or metal cooking pot or pitcher used in Indian households, particularly in North India. It is most widely known in the context of Karwa Chauth, the Hindu festival in which wives fast and pray for their husbands' longevity, with the karwa playing a central ritual role. As a common kitchen term, it sits in the everyday domestic register of Indian cooking vocabulary, though it is rarely used in Indian English outside cultural or religious contexts.
She filled the karwa with water and set it beside the thali for the evening puja.
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(India) cooking pot.
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