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asur

asur noun: an evil person, a malevolent being. Also the alternative spelling of Asura.

Noun (1)

asur (plural asurs)

  1. (India, derogatory) An evil person, a malevolent being.
    • This use of the word to portray the Bengal chief minister as the biggest challenger to the country’s two most powerful men, and especially their depiction as an asur or demon, did not go down well with supporters of the country’s ruling force, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).2021, Snigdhenu Bhattacharya, The Wire

Noun (2) capitalized: Asur

Asur pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A small Austroasiatic ethnic group living primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Proper noun capitalized: Asur

Asur

  1. Synonym of Asuri (“the language of these people”).
    Synonyms:
    Asuri

Also used as

asur is also the alternative spelling of Asura.

asur is also the alternative spelling of assur.

asur is also the obsolete spelling of azure.

Synonyms of asur

Forms of asur

pluralasurs

Origin of asur

Borrowed from Hindi असुर (asur).

From Hebrew אָסוּר (asúr).

Questions about asur

What does asur mean?
Asur means an evil person, a malevolent being.
What part of speech is asur?
Asur can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of asur?
The plural of asur is asurs.

Words near asur in the dictionary

  1. asundered
  2. asundering
  3. asunderness
  4. asunders
  5. asundre
  6. asur
  7. asura
  8. asuras
  9. Asurestan
  10. Asuri
  11. Asuriní

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