As a Hindi name
छूना
to touch, to feel
Platts (p. 466) also records: A nostril
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set छूना (chūnā) छुलाना (chulānā) छुलवाना (chulvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skupéti? Sanskrit स्पृश् (spṛś)? Sanskrit छुपति (chupati) Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀯𑀇 (chuvaï) Hindi छूना Inherited from Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀯𑀇 (chuvaï). Cognate with Punjabi ਛੂਹਣਾ (chūhṇā) / چھوہنا (ch…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a knife
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Dictionary citations
chūrikā f. a knife, Hcat. i, 9, 97
a cow's nostril, Mn. viii, 325. (cf. sthūrikā, p. 1265)
churī, chūrikā, chūrī A knife.
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