sutra

See also: Sutra, sútra, sutrą, śutra, sūtra, and Sūtra

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^(key): /ˈsuːtɹə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːtɹə

Noun

sutra (plural sutras)

1. A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.
2. (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

a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy

• Bengali: সূত্র (bn) (śutro)
• Burmese: သုတ္တန် (my) (suttan), သုတ် (my) (sut)
• French: sutra (fr) m, soutra (fr) m
• German: Sutra (de) n
• Hindi: सूत्र (hi) m (sūtra), सूत (hi) m (sūt)
• Hungarian: szútra (hu)
• Irish: sútra m
• Japanese: 経典 (ja) (きょうてん, kyōten), スートラ (sūtora)
• Korean: 수트라 (suteura)
• Lao: ສູດ (sūt)
• Malay: sutera (ms)
• Malayalam: സൂത്രം (ml) (sūtraṁ)
• Marathi: सूत्र (sūtra)
• Norwegian: sutra m
• Polish: sutra (pl) f
• Portuguese: sutra (pt) m
• Russian: су́тра (ru) f (sútra), су́тта (sútta) (rare, from Pali)
• Sanskrit: सूत्र (sa) n (sūtra)
• Swedish: sutra c
• Thai: สูตร (th) (sùut)
• Vietnamese: kinh (vi)

a scriptural narrative

• German: Sutra (de) n
• Hindi: सूत्र (hi) m (sūtra), सूत (hi) m (sūt)
• Hungarian: szútra (hu)
• Irish: sútra m
• Japanese: 経典 (ja) (きょうてん, kyōten)
• Malay: sutera (ms)
• Malayalam: സൂത്രം (ml) (sūtraṁ)
• Marathi: सूत्र (sūtra)
• Mongolian: судар (mn) (sudar)
• Norwegian: sutra m
• Polish: sutra (pl) f
• Portuguese: sutra (pt) m
• Tuvan: судур (sudur)
• Vietnamese: kinh (vi), kinh điển (vi), khế kinh, tu-đa-la

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^(key): /su.tra/
• Hyphenation: su‧tra

Noun

sutra (plural sutra-sutra)

1. 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^(key): /ˈsutɾa/ [ˈʂuʈ.ɽʌ]
• Rhymes: -utɾa
• Syllabification: sut‧ra

Noun

sutra (Jawi spelling سُوْتْرَ)

1. silk

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra, “thread, rule”).

Noun

sutra m (definite singular sutraen, indefinite plural sutraer, definite plural sutraene)

1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra

Etymology 2

see sutre

Verb

sutra

1. inflection of sutre:
   1. simple past
   2. 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^(key): /ˈsu.tra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -utra
• Syllabification: su‧tra

Noun

sutra f

1. (literature) sutra (rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy)
2. (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra (scriptural narrative)

Declension

Declension of sutra

	singular	plural
nominative	sutra	sutry
genitive	sutry	sutr
dative	sutrze	sutrom
accusative	sutrę	sutry
instrumental	sutrą	sutrami
locative	sutrze	sutrach
vocative	sutro	sutry

Further reading

• sutra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.tɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: su‧tra

Noun

sutra m or f (plural sutras)

1. (linguistics) sutra (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar)
2. (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra (a scriptural narrative)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• sjȕtra (Ijekavian)
• śȕtra (Montenegro)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sûtra/

Etymology 1

From s- +‎ jutra.

Adverb

sȕtra (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)

1. tomorrow

Noun

sȕtra f (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)

1. 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 ^{(Category: sh:Time)}

Further reading

• “sutra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”).

Noun

sȕtra f (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)

1. sutra

Declension

    Declension of sutra

	singular	plural
nominative	sutra	sutre
genitive	sutre	sutra
dative	sutri	sutrama
accusative	sutru	sutre
vocative	sutro	sutre
locative	sutri	sutrama
instrumental	sutrom	sutrama

Further reading

• “sutra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024