सुराही
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editसुराही • (surāhī) f (Urdu spelling صراحی)
Declension
editDeclension 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