Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kšurás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Alternative forms

• *kšúriH f

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ksu-ró-s, from *ksew- (“to scrape, sharpen, shave”).

Noun

*kšurás m

1. dagger, razor, sharp knife

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kšurás	*kšurā́	*kšurā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative	*kšura	*kšurā́	*kšurā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative	*kšurám	*kšurā́	*kšurā́ns
instrumental	*kšurā́	*kšuráybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*kšurā́yš
ablative	*kšurā́t	*kšuráybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*kšuráybʰyas
dative	*kšurā́y	*kšuráybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*kšuráybʰyas
genitive	*kšurásya	*kšuráyās	*kšurā́na(H)m
locative	*kšuráy	*kšuráyaw	*kšuráyšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kṣurás
  • Sanskrit: क्षुर (kṣurá), क्षुरी f (kṣúrī)
    • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀙𑀼𑀭 (chura), 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī)
      • Awadhi: छूरा (chūrā)
    • Dardic:
      • Dameli: [script needed] (c̣huri)
      • Domaaki: [script needed] (čuri)
      • Kalami: [script needed] (c̣hur)
      • Kalasha: [script needed] (c̣hūři)
      • Kashmiri: [script needed] (khūru)
      • Phalura: [script needed] (c̣hūr)
      • Shina: [script needed] (c̣ūr)
      • Torwali: [script needed] (c̣hū)
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Sinhalese: සිරිය (siriya)
    • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀙𑀼𑀭 (chura), 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī)
      • Assamese: ছুৰী (suri)
      • Bengali: ছুরি (churi)
      • Bihari: छूरा (chūrā)
        • Maithili: छूरा (chūrā), छूरी (chūrī)
        • Bhojpuri: छूरा (chūrā)
      • Odia: ଛୁରା (chura), ଛୁରୀ (churi)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀙𑀼𑀭 (chura), 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī)
      • Old Marathi: सुरा (surā), सुरी (surī)
        • Marathi: सुरा (surā), सुरी (surī)
    • Pali: khura
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀙𑀼𑀭 (chura), 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī)
      • Garhwali: छुरी (churī)
      • Gujarati: છરો (charo), છરી (charī)
      • Hindi: छुरा (churā), छुरी (churī)
      • Kumaoni: छुरो (churo), छुरी (churī)
      • Nepali: छुरा (churā)
      • Punjabi: ਛੁਰਾ (churā), ਛੁਰੀ (churī)
      • Romani: ćhuri, churi, shuri; ćhurik, ćuri, śuri; čhuri, čuri, šuri
        • Tavringer Romani: tjuro, tjuring
          • → Swedish: tjuring
        • Romanian: șuriu
        • French: surin
          • → French: suriner
        • Traveller Norwegian: kjuring
          • → Norwegian Nynorsk: kjuring
      • Sindhi: छुरी (churī)
    • → Telugu: క్షురము (kṣuramu)
• Proto-Nuristani: *čúri (“sickle”) (< *kšúryas) (see there for further descendants)