खुकुरी

Nepali

A kukri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʰukuɾi]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: खुकुरि

Noun

खुकुरी • (khukurī)

  1. kukri (Nepali knife used especially by Gurkha fighters)
    हरेक नेपाली सिपाहीसँग एउटा खुकुरी हुन्छ ।
    harek nepālī sipāhīsãga euṭā khukurī huncha .
    Every Nepali soldier has a khukuri.

References

  • खुकुरी”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “खुकुरी”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
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