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soorma

soorma noun: a preparation of antimony with which Muslim men historically anointed their eyelids.

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

soorma meaning in Urdu

soorma in Urdu

soorma
سرمہ surma

Forms of soorma

alternative formsirma
alternative formsulmah
alternative formsurma

Origin of soorma

From Hindi सुरमा (surmā) / Urdu سرمہ (surmā), from Classical Persian سرمه (surma).

Questions about soorma

What does soorma mean?
Soorma means a preparation of antimony with which Muslim men historically anointed their eyelids.
What is soorma in Urdu?
Soorma in Urdu is سرمہ (surma). See Soorma meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is soorma?
Soorma is a noun.

Words near soorma in the dictionary

  1. Sooretama
  2. Sooretama slaty antshrike
  3. Sooretama slaty antshrikes
  4. soorkee
  5. soorky
  6. soorma
  7. soors
  8. soos
  9. soosey
  10. sooseys
  11. sooshka

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