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urs

urs noun: the anniversary of the death of a Sufi saint, celebrated with music and ritual.

Noun (1)

urs

  1. The anniversary of the death of a Sufi saint, celebrated with music and ritual.

Pronoun

urs

  1. (Internet) yours

Noun (2) capitalized: URs

URs

  1. (plural) plural of UR

Noun (3) capitalized: Urs

Urs

  1. The death anniversary of a Sufi saint, usually held at the dargah.

Forms of urs

alternative formurus
alternative formUrus

Origin of urs

Borrowed from Arabic عرس (ʕurs).

Arabic عرس (literally “wedding”)

Questions about urs

What does urs mean?
Urs means the anniversary of the death of a Sufi saint, celebrated with music and ritual.
What part of speech is urs?
Urs can be a noun or a pronoun.

Words near urs in the dictionary

  1. urringes
  2. Urrutia
  3. Urrutias
  4. Urry
  5. Urrys
  6. urs
  7. Ursa Major
  8. Ursa Minor
  9. ursal
  10. ursals
  11. ursane

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Adapted from Wiktionary: urs (page history and authors); URs (page history and authors); Urs (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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