சரி

Tamil

Alternative forms

• செரி (ceri), செர் (cer) — colloquial, spoken

Etymology

Uncertain. The Madras University Lexicon suggests a borrowing from Prakrit 𑀲𑀭𑀺𑀲 (sarisa), from Sanskrit सदृश (sadṛśa, “similar, like”), cognate with Malayalam ശരി (śari), Kannada ಸರಿ (sari) and Telugu సరే (sarē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐɾɪ/, [sɐɾi]

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Interjection

சரி • (cari)

1. okay, OK, fine

Adjective

சரி • (cari)

1. right, just, correct

Noun

சரி • (cari)

1. that which is correct, right

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “சரி”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]