कीरा

Nepali

Alternative forms

• किरा (kirā)

Etymology

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Sanskrit की॒ट (kīṭá)

Prakrit 𑀓𑀻𑀟 (kīḍa)

Nepali कीरा (kīrā)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀻𑀟 (kīḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit की॒ट (kīṭá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kiɾä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: किरा

Noun

कीरा • (kīrā)

1. insect
2. worm
3. bug

   Synonym: बुजी (bujī)

4. germ

References

• “कीरा”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “कीरा”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar