papyrus

papyrus meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Odia

Examples of papyrus in a sentence

• They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.
• The papyrus was written in hieratic, a cursive form of hieroglyphics.
• We inscribe words on bark, papyri, codices, human skin (tattoos), books, magazines, bracelets, and automobiles.

All 15 example sentences with papyrus

Forms of papyrus

Plural of papyrus: papyri or papyruses

Origin of papyrus

From Middle English papirus, borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), of unknown origin. Doublet of papyros.

Words formed from papyrus

• papyral
• papyrean
• papyrian
• papyric
• papyritious
• papyrus capital
• papyrus column
• papyrus cutter
• papyrus fragment
• papyrus leaf
• papyrus plant
• papyrus roll
• papyrus root
• papyrus tree

Related words

• fetus papyraceus
• impapyrated
• lamina papyracea
• papyraceous
• papyriferous
• papyriflavonol
• papyriform
• papyrine
• papyro-
• papyrocentric
• papyrocracy
• papyrograph
• papyrographer
• papyrographic
• papyrography
• papyrological
• papyrologically
• papyrologist
• papyrology
• papyrophilia
• papyrophobia
• papyropolist
• papyrotint
• papyrotype
• papyroxylin
• papyroxyline

Words that rhyme with papyrus

• virus
• Cyrus
• girus
• asfarvirus
• gyrus
• intervirus
• letovirus
• marnavirus
• torquevirus

Questions about papyrus

What does papyrus mean?

Papyrus means a plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.

What is papyrus in Hindi?

Papyrus in Hindi is पपाइरस (papāiras). See Papyrus meaning in Hindi.

What part of speech is papyrus?

Papyrus is a noun.

How do you pronounce papyrus?

Papyrus is pronounced /pəˈpaɪɹəs/.

What is the plural of papyrus?

The plural of papyrus is papyri.