खुकुरी
Nepali
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A kukri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʰukuɾi]
- Phonetic Devanagari: खुकुरि
Noun
खुकुरी • (khukurī)
- kukri (Nepali knife used especially by Gurkha fighters)
- हरेक नेपाली सिपाहीसँग एउटा खुकुरी हुन्छ ।
- harek nepālī sipāhīsãga euṭā khukurī huncha .
- Every Nepali soldier has a khukuri.
- हरेक नेपाली सिपाहीसँग एउटा खुकुरी हुन्छ ।
References
- “खुकुरी”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “खुकुरी”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar