सुराही

Hindi

A surahi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صُرَاحِی (surāhī), from صُرَاح (surāh, “clean, pure”), from Arabic صُرَاح (ṣurāḥ, “clean, pure”), from صَرَحَ (ṣaraḥa, “to be pure”), from the root ص ر ح (ṣ r ḥ). Cognate with Ottoman Turkish صراحی (ṣurāhi, “a decanter, carafe”) (whence Turkish sürahi) and Azerbaijani sürahi.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sʊ.ɾɑː.ɦiː/, [sʊ.ɾäː.ɦiː]

Noun

सुराही • (surāhī) f (Urdu spelling صراحی)

1. a surahi; a jar (usually earthen) with a long narrow neck

Declension

Declension of सुराही (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सुराही surāhī	सुराहियाँ surāhiyā̃
oblique	सुराही surāhī	सुराहियों surāhiyõ
vocative	सुराही surāhī	सुराहियो surāhiyo

Derived terms

• सुराहीदार (surāhīdār, “surahi-shaped”)

Descendants

• → English: surahi

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सुराही”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press