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sutra

See also: Sutra, sútra, sutrą, śutra, sūtra, and Sūtra

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”). Doublet of sutta; more distantly related to sew and suture.

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Noun

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sutra (plural sutras)

  1. A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.
  2. (Buddhism, Hinduism) A scriptural narrative, especially a discourse of the Buddha.
    • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
      Shepard: This Code of the Justicar seems central to your life.
      Samara: It is five thousand sutras, and covers every situation one can encounter. I have memorized every word. There is only the Code.
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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay sutera, sutra, from Classical Malay سوترا (sutera), سوترا (sutra), from Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra, “thread, fibre”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /su.tra/
  • Hyphenation: su‧tra

Noun

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sutra (first-person possessive sutraku, second-person possessive sutramu, third-person possessive sutranya)

  1. silk

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Maguindanao

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay sutera.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /ˈsutɾa/ [ˈʂuʈ.ɽʌ]
  • Rhymes: -utɾa
  • Syllabification: sut‧ra

Noun

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sutra (Jawi spelling سُوْتْرَ)

  1. silk

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra, “thread, rule”).

Noun

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sutra m (definite singular sutraen, indefinite plural sutraer, definite plural sutraene)

  1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra

Etymology 2

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see sutre

Verb

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sutra

  1. inflection of sutre:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *súHtram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHtram, from Proto-Indo-European *súh₁trom, from *syuh₁- (“to sew”).

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Noun

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sutra f

  1. (literature) sutra (rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy)
  2. (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra (scriptural narrative)

Declension

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Declension of sutra
singular plural
nominative sutra sutry
genitive sutry sutr
dative sutrze sutrom
accusative sutrę sutry
instrumental sutrą sutrami
locative sutrze sutrach
vocative sutro sutry

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  • sutra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: su‧tra

Noun

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sutra m or f (plural sutras)

  1. (linguistics) sutra (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar)
  2. (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra (a scriptural narrative)

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From s- +‎ jutra.

Adverb

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sȕtra (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)

  1. tomorrow

Noun

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sȕtra f (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)

  1. tomorrow
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Further reading

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  • “sutra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

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From Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”).

Noun

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sȕtra f (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)

  1. sutra
Declension
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    Declension of sutra
singular plural
nominative sutra sutre
genitive sutre sutra
dative sutri sutrama
accusative sutru sutre
vocative sutro sutre
locative sutri sutrama
instrumental sutrom sutrama

Further reading

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  • “sutra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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