As a Hindi name
चुरी · noun · feminine
हाथ में पहनने का एक प्रकार का वृत्ताकार गहना जो लाख, काँच, चाँदी या सोने आदि का बनता है · वह मंडलाकार पदार्थ जिसकी परिधि मात्र हो और जिसके मध्य का स्थान बिल्कुल खाली हो । वृत्ताकार पदार्थ । जैसे, मशीन की चूड़ी (जो किसी पुरजे को खसकने से बचाने के लिये पहनाई जाती है · फोनोग्राफ या ग्रामोफोन बाजे का रेकार्ड जिसमें गाना भरा रहता है अथवा भरा जाता है — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ चूड़ी
चुरी · ćarī · adj.
Movable, locomotive; unsteady, shaking, tremulous — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 431
चुरी · ćurī · s.f.
A small well — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 431
Cited formation "चुरी" is चुर + -ई: चुर means "An imitative sound", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "चुरी" is चुरना + -ई: चुरना means "To be stolen ( = ćorī honā)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "चुरी" is चुर + -ई: चुर means "An imitative sound", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
A small well. E. cu, ṭa to be shallow, affixes ka and ṅīṣ; ṭa changed to ra.
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Dictionary citations
curī f. = cuṇṭī, L.
curī f. (-rī) A small well. E. cu, ṭa to be shallow, affixes ka and ṅīṣ; ṭa changed to ra.
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