Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Indian Other Forms FormsChuya, Chooya Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 2/21/2019 by anonymous Edited 3/5/2019 by Felie Meaning & History Means "mouse, rat" probably a variant of the Hindi word चूहा chooha (or chuha) with the same meaning.Chuyia is the protagonist in Bapsi Sidhwa's 2006 novel 'Water'.