छुरिका
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ছুৰিকা (Assamese script)
- ᬙᬸᬭᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- ছুরিকা (Bengali script)
- 𑰔𑰲𑰨𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဆုရိကာ (Burmese script)
- છુરિકા (Gujarati script)
- ਛੁਰਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌛𑍁𑌰𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦖꦸꦫꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂓𑂳𑂩𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಛುರಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
- ឆុរិកា (Khmer script)
- ຉຸຣິກາ (Lao script)
- ഛുരികാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡮᡠᡵᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘔𑘳𑘨𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠼᠤᠷᠢᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦴𑧔𑧈𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐕𑐸𑐬𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଛୁରିକା (Odia script)
- ꢘꢸꢬꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆗𑆶𑆫𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖔𑖲𑖨𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ඡුරිකා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩢𑩒𑩼𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚐𑚰𑚤𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
- சு²ரிகா (Tamil script)
- ఛురికా (Telugu script)
- ฉุริกา (Thai script)
- ཚུ་རི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒕𑒳𑒩𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨤𑨃𑨫𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī), from Sanskrit क्षु॒र (kṣurá),[1] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšurás, from Proto-Indo-European *ksew- + *-rós. See also छुरी (churī, “knife, dagger”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰu.ɾi.kɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰu.ɾi.kɑː/
Noun
छुरिका • (churikā) stem, f
- a knife
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | छुरिका (churikā) | छुरिके (churike) | छुरिकाः (churikāḥ) |
| accusative | छुरिकाम् (churikām) | छुरिके (churike) | छुरिकाः (churikāḥ) |
| instrumental | छुरिकया (churikayā) छुरिका¹ (churikā¹) |
छुरिकाभ्याम् (churikābhyām) | छुरिकाभिः (churikābhiḥ) |
| dative | छुरिकायै (churikāyai) | छुरिकाभ्याम् (churikābhyām) | छुरिकाभ्यः (churikābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | छुरिकायाः (churikāyāḥ) छुरिकायै² (churikāyai²) |
छुरिकाभ्याम् (churikābhyām) | छुरिकाभ्यः (churikābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | छुरिकायाः (churikāyāḥ) छुरिकायै² (churikāyai²) |
छुरिकयोः (churikayoḥ) | छुरिकाणाम् (churikāṇām) |
| locative | छुरिकायाम् (churikāyām) | छुरिकयोः (churikayoḥ) | छुरिकासु (churikāsu) |
| vocative | छुरिके (churike) | छुरिके (churike) | छुरिकाः (churikāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “छुरिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 407/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 203
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kṣurá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 194