Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small low table, usually octagonal, upon which an eating-tray is put at meal-time: a common arrangement in the Moslem East.

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Examples

  • "kursi" (chair), she and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were concerned with fulfilling the needs and aspirations of the people of the country.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • "kursi" (chair), she and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were concerned with fulfilling the needs and aspirations of the people of the country.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • Sarfaraz's commonly-held view that the "hukumat" (government) was "only interested in keeping the 'kursi' (chair)" and would, therefore, never seriously challenge the widespread influence of the Pakistani army, ended with a plea: "If India won't talk to us, relations won't improve and traders like us, who live in the hope that open borders will galvanise our businesses, will have to learn that we can only sell to Pakistanis.

    unknown title 2009

  • Majunya Tommy Soeharto sebagai kandidat ketum Golkar diperkirakan persiapan dirinya untuk memperebutkan kursi RI1 di tahun 2014 nanti.

    Global Voices in English » Indonesia: Soeharto’s son aims to be president? 2009

  • Eiro, dolāru, mārciņu un kronu valūtas maiņas kursi.

    Web Translations » Blog Archive » Foreign quotes… 2008

  • Walaupun kursi-kursi penonton yang tidak terisi penuh memperlihatkan kalau world music memiliki penonton yang sangat tersegmentasi, Balawan dan Batuan Ethnic Music tetap memilih setia pada idealisme sambil memelihara musik tradisional Bali.

    Balawan: Musik Dunia, Idealisme, & Nasionalisme – Netsains.Com 2008

  • Di depan gubuk itu ada kursi bambu, sedangkan di belakangnya ada banyak pohon besar, sehingga terlihat seperti ada hutan di belakang gubuk tersebut.

    mayoineko Diary Entry mayoineko 2007

  • Di pojok ada meja dan kursi kayu, tak ada taplak, di atas meja ada gelas dan piring dari tanah liat, anggap saja itu meja makan.

    mayoineko Diary Entry mayoineko 2007

  • The nai porridge was sharp with kursi, but the soup hadn't any cut to it at all and only a pair of trifling leeks when any decent cook would have layered them on to give a morning kick.

    Spirit Gate 2006

  • "I hear tell there's another caravan coming up behind this one," said the innkeeper as he brought Tebedir a cordial and all of them a pot of lovingly spiced barsh, a green mash of rice, chopped onion, and liver liberally sprinkled with pepper and sharp kursi, which was grown in the eastern marshlands.

    Spirit Gate 2006

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