sutra
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”). Doublet of sutta; more distantly related to sew and suture.
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editNoun
editsutra (plural sutras)
- A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) A scriptural narrative, especially a discourse of the Buddha.
- 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
- Shepard: This Code of the Justicar seems central to your life.
Samara: It is five thousand sutras, and covers every situation one can encounter. I have memorized every word. There is only the Code.
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editIndonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Malay sutera, sutra, from Classical Malay سوترا (sutera), سوترا (sutra), from Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra, “thread, fibre”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsutra (first-person possessive sutraku, second-person possessive sutramu, third-person possessive sutranya)
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editFurther reading
edit- “sutra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Maguindanao
editEtymology
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editNoun
editsutra (Jawi spelling سوتر)
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
editFrom Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra, “thread, rule”).
Noun
editsutra m (definite singular sutraen, indefinite plural sutraer, definite plural sutraene)
Etymology 2
edit- see sutre
Verb
editsutra
- inflection of sutre:
- simple past
- past participle
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *súHtram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHtram, from Proto-Indo-European *súh₁trom, from *syuh₁- (“to sew”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsutra f
- (literature) sutra (rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy)
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra (scriptural narrative)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- sutra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
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- Hyphenation: su‧tra
Noun
editsutra m or f (plural sutras)
- (linguistics) sutra (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar)
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra (a scriptural narrative)
Serbo-Croatian
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editEtymology 1
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editAdverb
editsȕtra (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)
Noun
editsȕtra n (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)
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editSee also
edit- (days relative to today) zanakjučer, nakjučer/nakjuče, prekjučer/prekjuče, jučer/juče, danas, sutra, preksutra/prekosutra, naksutra/nakosutra, zanaksutra (Category: sh:Time)
Further reading
edit- “sutra” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Etymology 2
editFrom Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”).
Noun
editsȕtra f (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “sutra” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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