cīrī

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in accordance with the letter, as per the letter.

Grammar: noun, instrumental case; feminine, singular.

Etymology: Old Panjabi - cīr (slit), cīrī (a letter, an epistle); Sindhi - cīru (rent/slit); Prakrit - cīr (rag); Pali - cīr (bark, fibre, bark dress, strip); Sanskrit - cīrak/cīrikā (चीरक/चीरिका - announcement in a strip of paper).