Suri
Suri
- is a persian word and means red flower or fire-like flower. Often it is also used as first name or surname in central Asia, Iran and India.
- In Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan and also in cultural persinated states of central Asia like Uzbekistan it is also the name of a persian banquet at birth, circumcision, and wedding. So, Suri in Persian is much more commonly interpreted as a celebration, joyful gathering or festivity.
- is the shortened form of the indian male name Surendran.
- is also an individual language in east Africa, see Surma language.
- Batram Suri (* 1972), a solomonian soccer player.
- is a name which is mostly adoptet by turkic tribes before the arabic invasion of Transoxania.
Geography
Suri, Birbhum is the headquarter of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal, India.
People
- Suri, a surname in India
- Sanjay Suri Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.
- Lalit Suri was a very popular politician from India.
- Natasha Suri, Indian Miss World 2006
- Suri Krishnamma, British film director
- The turkic mamluke Suri Dynasty in South Asia between 1540 and 1555/1556.
- Name of a Pashtun tribe, that have adoptet the persian word for the tribe´s name (see also Rostamkhel, Mohmand, Niazi, Durrani...)
- Suri Cruise, daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
- Jeremi Suri, historian and author
In the natural world
- Suri alpaca, a breed of alpaca
- Rosa damascena in Persian culture (see Suri (flower))
- Suri, a large edible grub eaten by natives of the Amazon Rainforest
Fictional characters
- Suri, a fictional lemur character from the movie Dinosaur
See also
References
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