- IPA(key): (most dialects)/s̻uɾi/[s̻u.ɾi]
- IPA(key): (Biscayan)/s̺uɾi/[s̺u.ɾi]
- Rhymes:-uɾi,-i
- Hyphenation:zu‧ri
FromProto-Basque*zuri, perhaps from*zur(“wood”) +*-i.[1]
zuri (comparativezuriago,superlativezurien,excessivezuriegi)
- white
- Txori hori zeruanzuria da. ―That bird in the sky iswhite.
- white(of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin)
- bright
- false,hypocrite
- lazy,loafing
zuri inan oranim
- (inanimate)white
- (animate) awhite person
- (animate) alazy person, aloafer
- (inanimate, music)minim
- (inanimate)white wine
- Synonym:ardo zuri
zuri
- dative ofzu(toyou)
zuri
- dativeindefinite ofzur
- “zuri”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque),Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “zuri”, inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary],Euskaltzaindia,1987–2005
zuri (Cyrillic spellingзури)
- inflection ofzuriti:
- third-personsingularpresent
- second-personsingularimperative
Borrowed fromArabic[Term?].
-zuri (declinable)
- good,kind
- Antonym:-baya
- nice
- pretty,beautiful
Borrowed fromArabicزُور(zūr).
zuri classIX (pluralzuri classX)
- (rare)perjury,falsetestimony