सुरू

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شُرُوع (šurū'), from Arabic شُرُوع (šurūʕ). Related to सुरवात (survāt), सुरुवात (suruvāt). Compare Gujarati શરૂ (śarū), Kannada ಶುರು (śuru), Hindustani شُرُوع (śurū') / शुरू (śurū), Punjabi ਸ਼ੁਰੂ (śurū) / شُرُوع (śurūʻ), Bengali শুরু (śuru).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.ɾu/, [su.ɾuː]

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Adverb

सुरू • (surū)

1. begun, underway, in progress

   Synonym: चालू (ċālū)

Derived terms

• सुरू असणे (surū asṇe, “to be in progress”)
• सुरू करणे (surū karṇe, “to start, begin”)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “सुरू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सुरू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सुरू”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).