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खुरखुर (khurakhura)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
खुरखुर mf. rattling (in the throat),
Lalit.
xiv, 34.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
khurakhura- or khurukh° or °rā-, or kharukh°, kharukhar°, onomat. (Skt. has khurukhurāyate, makes a rattling noise in the throat
see next
cf. also Skt. ghurughurā-, Pali ghurughuru-, and ghurughurāyati snores
the next is evidently a var. of this), imitation of a hoarse or [Page206-a] rattling sound made in the throat, characteristic of an old man: Mvy 〔4092〕 kharukharāvasaktakaṇṭhaḥ (so Mironov
v.l. in Kyoto ed. khurukharā°), = Tib. ṅar ṅar po, hoarse, husky
the same cpd., in same context, LV 〔188.2〕, all mss. but A khurukhurāv°
A kharukhurov°
Calc. khurakhurāv°
(Lefm. kharakharāv°
) Tib. as for Mvy. Is the form beginning khar° influenced by reminiscence of khara, harsh?