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]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “खुकुरी”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar