[kʰuracnā], v.t. to scrape, scratch out, erase, abrade.
[◀MIA: Pk. churaï ‘breaks’; Pa. khurati ‘scrapes’ ◀OIA kṣuráti ‘cuts, scratches, digs’, churáti ‘cuts off, incises’ Dhātup. <√kṣur ‘cut, scrape’ ◀PIE *kes- ‘to scratch, itch’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. snug, xyster ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0874; (Turner, 1966) 3729, p.194; (MW, 1899) 0331; (Pokorny, 1959) 0585; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.435
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