sutra

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

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/
  • Rhymes: -uːtɹə

Noun

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

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

  1. silk

Derived terms

  • menyutra

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra

Etymology 2

see sutre

Verb

sutra

  1. inflection of sutre:
    1. simple past
    2. 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): /ˈsut.ra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -utra
  • Syllabification: sut‧ra

Noun

sutra f

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

Declension

Further reading

  • sutra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sutra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sûtra/

Etymology 1

s- +‎ jutra

Alternative forms

Adverb

sȕtra (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)

  1. tomorrow

Noun

sȕtra n (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)

  1. tomorrow

See also

Etymology 2

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

Noun

sȕtra f (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)

  1. sutra
Declension
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