As a Hindi name
छूना
to touch, to feel
Platts (p. 466) also records: = ćhurī, q.v
Cited formation "छूरी" is छूरा + -ई: छूरा means "See چهرا ćhurā", and the suffix -ई forms feminine of nouns/adjectives in inherent -अ or -आ (replaces the final vowel). CHD Basic Grammar App. II §2 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
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
chūrī f. = -churī, L.
churī, chūrikā, chūrī A knife.
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