छुरी

See also: छोरो, छुरा, छोरा, and छोरी

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit छुरी (churī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰʊ.ɾiː/

Noun

छुरी • (churī) f (Urdu spelling چھری)

1. knife
2. dagger

Declension

Declension of छुरी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	छुरी churī	छुरियाँ churiyā̃
oblique	छुरी churī	छुरियों churiyõ
vocative	छुरी churī	छुरियो churiyo

Synonyms

• चाक़ू (cāqū)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “छुरी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ছুৰী (Assamese script)
• ᬙᬸᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
• ছুরী (Bengali script)
• 𑰔𑰲𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဆုရီ (Burmese script)
• છુરી (Gujarati script)
• ਛੁਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌛𑍁𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦖꦸꦫꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂓𑂳𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಛುರೀ (Kannada script)
• ឆុរី (Khmer script)
• ຉຸຣີ (Lao script)
• ഛുരീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡮᡠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘔𑘳𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠼᠤᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦴𑧔𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐕𑐸𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଛୁରୀ (Odia script)
• ꢘꢸꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆗𑆶𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖔𑖲𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ඡුරී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩢𑩒𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚐𑚰𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
• சு²ரீ (Tamil script)
• ఛురీ (Telugu script)
• ฉุรี (Thai script)
• ཚུ་རཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒕𑒳𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨤𑨃𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From छुरिका (churikā, “a knife”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰu.ɾiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕʰu.ɾiː/

Noun

छुरी • (churī) stem, f

1. a dagger, knife

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of छुरी
Nom. sg.	छुरी (churī)
Gen. sg.	छुर्याः (churyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	छुरी (churī)	छुर्यौ (churyau)	छुर्यः (churyaḥ)
Vocative	छुरि (churi)	छुर्यौ (churyau)	छुर्यः (churyaḥ)
Accusative	छुरीम् (churīm)	छुर्यौ (churyau)	छुरीः (churīḥ)
Instrumental	छुर्या (churyā)	छुरीभ्याम् (churībhyām)	छुरीभिः (churībhiḥ)
Dative	छुर्यै (churyai)	छुरीभ्याम् (churībhyām)	छुरीभ्यः (churībhyaḥ)
Ablative	छुर्याः (churyāḥ)	छुरीभ्याम् (churībhyām)	छुरीभ्यः (churībhyaḥ)
Genitive	छुर्याः (churyāḥ)	छुर्योः (churyoḥ)	छुरीनाम् (churīnām)
Locative	छुर्याम् (churyām)	छुर्योः (churyoḥ)	छुरीषु (churīṣu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “छुरी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 407/2.