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

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.

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

a scriptural narrative

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

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

sutra (plural sutra-sutra)

  1. silk

Borrowed from Malay sutera.

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

sutra (Jawi spelling سُوْتْرَ)

  1. silk

From Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra, thread, rule).

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

  1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra
see sutre

sutra

  1. inflection of sutre:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

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).

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.tra/
  • Rhymes: -utra
  • Syllabification: su‧tra

sutra f

  1. (literature) sutra (rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy)
  2. (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra (scriptural narrative)
  • sutra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Hyphenation: su‧tra

sutra m or f (plural sutras)

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

From s- +‎ jutra.

sȕtra (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)

  1. tomorrow

sȕtra f (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)

  1. tomorrow
  • sutra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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

sȕtra f (Cyrillic spelling су̏тра)

  1. sutra
  • sutra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025