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sirma

sirma is the alternative form of soorma.

Meaning of soorma

Noun

soorma (uncountable)

  1. A preparation of antimony with which Muslim men historically anointed their eyelids.
    • It is incumbent on the Mussulman that he should stain the crevices of his teeth black with the soorma[…]1867, Transactions: Volume 5, page 178

Questions about sirma

What is sirma the alternative form of?
Sirma is the alternative form of soorma.

Words near sirma in the dictionary

  1. Sirleaf
  2. sirloin
  3. sirloin cap
  4. sirloins
  5. Sirlouis
  6. sirma
  7. Sirmans
  8. Sirmanses
  9. sirmark
  10. sirmarks
  11. Sirmaur

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sirma (page history and authors); soorma (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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