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sirky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sirky
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of unplaited matting formed by laying the fine cylindrical culms from the upper part of the grass Tripidium bengalense side by side, and binding them in single or double layers. It may be laid under the thatch of a house, used to cover carts and palanquins, to make table-mats, etc.

Indian usage; Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Hindi [Term?].

Origin

Usage

Inflected Forms

sirkies (plural) seerky (alternative) sirrakee (alternative) sirki (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

sarkanda

Questions

What does sirky mean?
A kind of unplaited matting formed by laying the fine cylindrical culms from the upper part of the grass Tripidium bengalense side by side, and binding them in single or double layers. It may be laid under the thatch of a house, used to cover carts and palanquins, to make table-mats, etc.
Where does sirky come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

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