# sutra
## English
### Alternative forms

* Sutra, sūtra, Sūtra
* sutta

### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”). Doublet of sutta; more distantly related to sew and suture.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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.

#### Related terms

* Kamasutra

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Rutas, ratus, taurs, UARTs, Astur, Surat, USART, Astur-, surat

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay sutera, sutra, from Classical Malay سوترا (sutera), سوترا (sutra), from Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra, “thread, fibre”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /su.tra/
* Hyphenation: su‧tra

### Noun

sutra (plural sutra-sutra)
* silk

#### 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

Borrowed from Malay sutera.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA: /ˈsutɾa/ [ˈʂuʈ.ɽʌ]
* Rhymes: -utɾa
* Syllabification: sut‧ra

### Noun

sutra (Jawi spelling سُوْتْرَ)
* silk

## 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: /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
### Further reading

* sutra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* sjȕtra (Ijekavian)
* śȕtra (Montenegro)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sûtra/

### Etymology 1

From s- +‎ jutra.

#### Adverb

sȕtra (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)
* tomorrow

#### Noun

sȕtra f (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)
* tomorrow

#### Related terms

* nakosutra
* naksutra
* prekosutra
* preksutra
* sutrašnji
* sutrašnjica

#### See also

* (days relative to today) zanakjučer, nakjučer/nakjuče, prekjučer/prekjuče, jučer/juče, danas, sutra, preksutra/prekosutra, naksutra/nakosutra, zanaksutra

#### Further reading

* “sutra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

### 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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025