surā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sura"

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुरा (surā, “wine, spirituous liquor”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Homophones: sura, surā, śūra
  • Hyphenation: su‧rā

Noun

surā

  1. spirituous liquor

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦱꦸꦫ (sura) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬲᬸᬭᬵ (sura)

Further reading

  • "surā" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀲𑀼𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • सुरा (Devanagari script)
  • সুরা (Bengali script)
  • සුරා (Sinhalese script)
  • သုရာ or သုရႃ (Burmese script)
  • สุรา (Thai script)
  • ᩈᩩᩁᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ສຸຣາ (Lao script)
  • សុរា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄥𑄪𑄢𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सुरा (súrā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *súraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súraH.

Noun

surā f

  1. distilled liquor (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Declension table of "surā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)surāsurāyo or surā
Accusative (second)suraṃsurāyo or surā
Instrumental (third)surāyasurāhi or surābhi
Dative (fourth)surāyasurānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)surāyasurāhi or surābhi
Genitive (sixth)surāyasurānaṃ
Locative (seventh)surāya or surāyaṃsurāsu
Vocative (calling)suresurāyo or surā

Derived terms

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “surā”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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