Definitions for Kurus

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Kurus ku·rus

Spelling: [koo-roosh]

IPA: /kʊˈruʃ/

Kurus is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in Kurus (krsuu).

Definitions for Kurus

noun

1. a monetary unit of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira; piaster.
2. Kauravas.
3. a fatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized by progressive lack of coordination and dementia, known only among certain Melanesian peoples, especially the Fore of New Guinea, and caused by a slow virus: now virtually extinct.

Origin of Kurus

First recorded in 1880-85, kurus is from the Turkish word kuruş

Examples for Kurus

After his fall, the kurus were led by Karna, the prince of the Angas.

And, O best of the kurus, it is the Yatis only who have access to it.

People are said to go to the kurus or Panclas, not to Mithil or any other city.

And, O bull among men, compass thou thy own good as also of the Pandavas, of the kurus and of the world!

And, if I deserve thy favour, and if thou hast kindness for the kurus, do thou exhort my wicked son Duryodhana!'

Alone he saved the kurus (from the Gandharvas), and alone he satiated Agni.

Thus, rightly or wrongly, the Pandus were brought into the family of the kurus.

If he had accepted my words thus addressed, the welfare of the kurus as also virtue itself would both have been secured!

Be thou my charioteer, O best of men, I will fight with the kurus.'

This exalted personage is ready to slay all the kurus in battle.