English
Etymology
From Sanskrit शूर्पणखा (śūrpaṇakhā); ultimately from शूर्प (śūrpa, “winnowing fan”) + नख (nakha, “nail”).
Proper noun
Shurpanakha
- (Hinduism) The sister of Ravana in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
Translations
a female demon
- Hindi: शूर्पणखा (hi) f (śūrpaṇkhā)
- Kannada: ಶೂರ್ಪನಖಿ (kn) (śūrpanakhi)
- Malayalam: ശൂർപ്പണഖ (ml) (śūṟppaṇakha)
- Russian: Шурпанакха m (Šurpanakxa)
- Tamil: சூர்ப்பனகை (cūrppaṉakai)
- Telugu: శూర్పణఖ (te) (śūrpaṇakha)
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