छुरा چُھرا ♣ Eng. snug

छुरा چُھرا ♣ Eng. snug

[cʰurā], m. a large knife, dagger, razor.

[◀MIA: Pk. chura- m. ‘knife, razor, arrow’, °rī-, °riā- f. ‘knife’; Pa. churikā- f. ‘knife, dagger’ ◀OIA chū̆rī- f. ‘knife, dagger’ lex., churikā- f. <kṣurá- m. ‘razor’ RV., ‘sharp barb of arrow’ R., °rī- f. ‘knife, dagger’ lex. <√kṣur ‘cut, scrape’ ◀PIE *kes- ‘to scratch, itch’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. snug, xyster ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0461; (Turner, 1966) 3727, p.194; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 276; (MW, 1899) 0331; (Pokorny, 1959) 0585; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.435