Heard spelling

shalaza

Spelled chalaza. ch saying sh

Could the ch be a sh?

In a French word it would be. In a Greek one it is a k.

English has three values for ch and the origin picks between them: church for the native words, machine and chandelier for the French, chaos and chalaza for the Greek. Shalaza applies the French rule to a Greek word.

Say

kuh-LAY-zuh

Letters

C-H-A-L-A-Z-A