Suri
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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, Pakistan 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.
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[edit] Geography
Suri, Birbhum is the headquarter of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal, India.
[edit] People
- Suri, a surname in South Asia
- 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, who have adopted 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Fictional characters
- Suri, a fictional lemur character from the movie Dinosaur
