sutra
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”). Doublet of sutta; more distantly related to sew and suture.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuːtɹə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːtɹə
Noun
sutra (plural sutras)
- A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.
- (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
Etymology
From Malay sutera, sutra, from Classical Malay سوترا (sutera), سوترا (sutra), from Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra, “thread, fibre”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.tra/
- Hyphenation: su‧tra
Noun
sutra (plural sutra-sutra)
Derived terms
- menyutra
Further reading
- “sutra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Maguindanao
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /ˈsutɾa/ [ˈʂuʈ.ɽʌ]
- Rhymes: -utɾa
- Syllabification: sut‧ra
Noun
sutra (Jawi spelling سُوْتْرَ)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra, “thread, rule”).
Noun
sutra m (definite singular sutraen, indefinite plural sutraer, definite plural sutraene)
Etymology 2
- see sutre
Verb
sutra
- inflection of sutre:
- simple past
- past participle
Polish
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.tra/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -utra
- Syllabification: su‧tra
Noun
sutra f
- (literature) sutra (rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy)
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra (scriptural narrative)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | sutra | sutry |
genitive | sutry | sutr |
dative | sutrze | sutrom |
accusative | sutrę | sutry |
instrumental | sutrą | sutrami |
locative | sutrze | sutrach |
vocative | sutro | sutry |
Further reading
- sutra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.tɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: su‧tra
Noun
sutra m or f (plural sutras)
- (linguistics) sutra (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar)
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra (a scriptural narrative)
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sûtra/
Etymology 1
Adverb
sȕtra (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)
Noun
sȕtra f (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)
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See also
- (days relative to today) zanakjučer, nakjučer/nakjuče, prekjučer/prekjuče, jučer/juče, danas, sutra, preksutra/prekosutra, naksutra/nakosutra, zanaksutra (Category: sh:Time)
Further reading
- “sutra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”).
Noun
sȕtra f (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | sutra | sutre |
genitive | sutre | sutra |
dative | sutri | sutrama |
accusative | sutru | sutre |
vocative | sutro | sutre |
locative | sutri | sutrama |
instrumental | sutrom | sutrama |
Further reading
- “sutra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025