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)
• ᠼᠤᠷᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (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

Proto-Indo-European *kes-

Proto-Indo-European *ksew-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšurás

Sanskrit क्षु॒र (kṣurá)

Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī)bor.

Sanskrit छुरिका

Borrowed from Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī), from Sanskrit क्षु॒र (kṣurá), 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

1. a knife

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of छुरिका

	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