सुरी

Marathi

Etymology


पुल्लिंग (pulliṅga): सुरा m (surā)
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): सुरी f (surī)

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

Noun

सुरी • (surī) f

knife

References

Berntsen, Maxine, “सुरी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
Molesworth, James Thomas (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”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press