सुराही
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian صُرَاحِی (surāhī), from صُرَاح (surāh, “clean, pure”), from Arabic صُرَاح (ṣurāḥ, “clean, pure”), from صَرَحَ (ṣaraḥa, “to be pure”), from the root ص ر ح (ṣ r ḥ). Cognate with Ottoman Turkish صراحی (ṣurāhi, “a decanter, carafe”) (whence Turkish sürahi) and Azerbaijani sürahi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
सुराही • (surāhī) f (Urdu spelling صراحی)
Declension edit
Declension of सुराही (fem ī-stem)
Derived terms edit
- सुराहीदार (surāhīdār, “surahi-shaped”)
Descendants edit
- → English: surahi
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सुराही”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press