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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”). Doublet of sutta; more distantly related to sew and suture.
Pronunciation
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.
Translations
a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy
Anagrams
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 (first-person possessive sutraku, second-person possessive sutramu, third-person possessive sutranya)
- silk
Derived terms
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra, “thread, rule”).
Noun
sutra m (definite singular sutraen, indefinite plural sutraer, definite plural sutraene)
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra
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): /ˈsut.ra/
- Rhymes: -utra
- Syllabification: sut‧ra
Noun
sutra f
- (literature) sutra (rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy)
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra (scriptural narrative)
Declension
Further reading
- sutra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
sutra m or f (plural sutras)
- (linguistics) sutra (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar)
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra (a scriptural narrative)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From s- + jutra.
Adverb
sȕtra (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)
- tomorrow
Noun
sȕtra n (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)
- tomorrow
See also
Further reading
- “sutra” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Etymology 2
From Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”).
Noun
sȕtra f (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)
- sutra
Declension
Further reading
- “sutra” in Hrvatski jezični portal