सुरी

Marathi

Etymology

पुल्लिंग (pulliṅg): सुरा m (surā)
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅg): सुरी f (surī)

From Old Marathi 𑘭𑘳𑘨𑘲 (surī), from Sanskrit क्षुरी (kṣurī). Cognate with Gujarati છરી (charī), Hindustani छुरी (churī) / چھری (churī), Punjabi ਛੁਰੀ (cḥurī) / چھری (churī), Bengali ছুরি (churi), Assamese ছুৰী (suri).

Noun

सुरी (surī) f

  1. knife

References

  • Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), सुरी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • James Thomas Molesworth (1857), सुरी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), सुरी”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), kṣurá (3727)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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