# क्षुर
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* क्षुरी f (kṣúrī)

### Alternative scripts

* ক্ষুৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬓ᭄ᬱᬸᬭ (Balinese script)
* ক্ষুর (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀼𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* က္ၑုရ (Burmese script)
* ક્ષુર (Gujarati script)
* ਕ੍ਸ਼ੁਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦏ꧀ꦰꦸꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂳𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಕ್ಷುರ (Kannada script)
* ក្ឞុរ (Khmer script)
* ກ຺ຩຸຣ (Lao script)
* ക്ഷുര (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᢢᡠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘳𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᢉᢔᠤᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧔𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐸𑐬 (Newa script)
* କ୍ଷୁର (Odia script)
* ꢒ꣄ꢰꢸꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆶𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖲𑖨 (Siddham script)
* ක්‍ෂුර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩒𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚶𑚰𑚤 (Takri script)
* க்ஷுர (Tamil script)
* క్షుర (Telugu script)
* กฺษุร (Thai script)
* ཀྵུ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒳𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨃𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšurás (“razor, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *ksu-ró-s (“razor”), from *ksew- (“to scrape, shave”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ξῠρόν (xurón, “razor”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kʂu.ɾɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkʂu.ɾɐ/

### Noun

क्षुर • (kṣurá) stem, m
* a razor
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.4.14:सं नः शिशीहि भुरिजोरिव क्षुरं रास्व रायो विमोचन ।saṃ naḥ śiśīhi bhurijoriva kṣuraṃ rāsva rāyo vimocana.Sharpen us like a razor in the barber's hands: send riches thou who settest free.
* a razor-like barb or a sharp blade attached to an arrow

#### Descendants

* Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀙𑀼𑀭 (chura), 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī)
** Awadhi: छूरा (chūrā)
* Dardic:
** Dameli: [script needed] (c̣huri)
** Domaaki: [script needed] (čuri)
** Kalami: [script needed] (c̣hur)
** Kalasha: [script needed] (c̣hūři)
** Kashmiri: [script needed] (khūru)
** Phalura: c̣huúr
** Shina: [script needed] (c̣ūr)
** Torwali: [script needed] (c̣hū)
* Helu Prakrit:
** Sinhalese: සිරිය (siriya)
* Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀙𑀼𑀭 (chura), 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī)
** Assamese: ছুৰী (suri)
** Bengali: ছুরা (chura), ছুরি (churi)
** Bihari: छूरा (chūrā)
*** Maithili: छूरा (chūrā), छूरी (chūrī)
*** Bhojpuri: छूरा (chūrā)
** Odia: ଛୁରା (churā), ଛୁରୀ (churi)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀙𑀼𑀭 (chura), 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī)
** Old Marathi: सुरा (surā), सुरी (surī)
*** Marathi: सुरा (surā), सुरी (surī)
* Pali: khura
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀙𑀼𑀭 (chura), 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī)
** Garhwali: छुरी (churī)
** Gujarati: છરો (charo), છરી (charī)
** Hindi: छुरा (churā), छुरी (churī)
** Kumaoni: छुरो (churo), छुरी (churī)
** Nepali: छुरा (churā)
** Punjabi: ਛੁਰਾ (churā), ਛੁਰੀ (churī)
** Romani: ćhuri, churi, shuri (Anglicized), ćhurik, ćuri, śuri (International Standard), čhuri, čuri, šuri (Pan-Vlax)
*** Tavringer Romani: tjuro, tjuring
**** → Swedish: tjuring
*** Romanian: șuriu
*** French: surin
**** → French: suriner
*** Traveller Norwegian: kjuring
**** → Norwegian Nynorsk: kjuring
** Sindhi: छुरी (churī)
* → Telugu: క్షురము (kṣuramu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “क्षुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 331/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 435-6
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṣurá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press