bursary
/ˈbɝsɚi/
bursary noun: a monetary award to university students that allows them to continue their studies.
Noun
bursary (plural bursaries)
- A monetary award to university students that allows them to continue their studies.
- The treasury of a religious order or public institution.
bursary meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Malay and Indonesian
bursary in Tamil
- உதவிச் சம்பளம், கல்லுரிப் பொருளகம், கலைநிலையக் கருவூலம்
bursary in Kannada
- ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿವೇತನ
bursary in Malay
- award to university students
- dermasiswa
bursary in Indonesian
- award to university students
- beasiswa
Forms of bursary
| plural | bursaries |
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Origin of bursary
Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursaria, from bursarius.
Words that rhyme with bursary
Questions about bursary
- What does bursary mean?
- Bursary means a monetary award to university students that allows them to continue their studies.
- What is bursary in Tamil?
- Bursary in Tamil is உதவிச் சம்பளம், கல்லுரிப் பொருளகம், கலைநிலையக் கருவூலம். See Bursary meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bursary?
- Bursary is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bursary?
- Bursary is pronounced /ˈbɝsɚi/ (US).
- What is the plural of bursary?
- The plural of bursary is bursaries.
Words near bursary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bursary (page history and authors); bursary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bursary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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