यवसुरा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यवसुरा (yávasurā).

Noun

यवसुरा • (yavsurā) f

  1. ale
  2. beer

Sanskrit

Etymology

यव (yáva, “barley”) +‎ सुरा (surā, “liquor; wine; beer”).

Noun

यवसुरा • (yávasurā) f

  1. beer; a kind of alcoholic drink made from barley

Descendants

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 847
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