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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]].
==Geography==
[[Suri, Birbhum]] is the headquarter of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal, India.
==[[Kukhran|Khokhran]] Suri==
The Suri are also a clan among the ancient [[Kukhran|Khokhran]] [[Punjabi]]s a pre Islamic people, who trace their origins to [[Khorasan]]
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==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.
*[[Manil Suri]], Indian-American mathematician and writer
*[[Natasha Suri]], Indian Miss World 2006
*[[Suri Krishnamma]], British film director
*The Turkic mamluke [[Sur Dynasty|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
==In the natural world==
*[[Suri alpaca]], a breed of [[alpaca]]
*''[[Rosa damascena]]'' in Persian culture (see [[Suri (flower)]])
*Suri, a large edible [[larva|grub]] eaten by natives of the Amazon Rainforest
==Fictional characters==
*Suri, a fictional lemur character from the movie [[Dinosaur (film)|Dinosaur]]
==See also==
*[[Ghor Province]]
*[[Ghalzai]]
*[[Mahuy Suri]]
*[[Unsuri]]
==References==
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[[Category:Social groups of India]]
[[Category:Pre-Islamic heritage of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]
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