SURRA

Etymology

From a Marathi word, imitative of heavy breathing through the nostrils.

Noun

surra (uncountable)

A disease of vertebrate animals caused by protozoan trypanosomes, involving fever, weakness, and lethargy.

Source: Wiktionary



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27 May 2025

DIRECTIONALITY

(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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