सर
See also: सुर, सारा, सिर, सूरा, and सार
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian سر (sar). Cognate with Sanskrit शिरस् (śiras). Doublet of सिर (sir) and सिरा (sirā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /səɾ/, [s̪əɾ]
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Noun
सर • (sar) m (Urdu spelling سر)
- (anatomy) head
- Synonym: सिर (sir)
- (Hinglish) sir
Declension
Declension of सर (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | सर sar | सर sar |
oblique | सर sar | सरों sarõ |
vocative | सर sar | सरो saro |
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- sara (Latin script)
- 𑀲𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- সর (Bengali script)
- සර (Sinhalese script)
- သရ (Burmese script)
- สร or สะระ (Thai script)
- ᩈᩁ (Tai Tham script)
- ສຣ or ສະຣະ (Lao script)
- សរ (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄢 (Chakma script)
Noun
सर m
- Devanagari script form of sara (“arrow”)
- Devanagari script form of sara (“sound”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (in Pali), page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- तत्थ अक्खरेसु अकारादीसु ओदन्ता अत्थ सरा नाम होन्ति।
- Tattha akkharesu akārādīsu odantā aṭṭha sarā nāma honti.
- There amongst the letters are eight vowels, namely starting with 'a' and ending with 'o'
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (in Pali), page 18; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- सरम्हा परस्स ब्यञ्जनस्स द्वेभावो होति ठाने ।
- saramhā parassa byañjanassa dvebhāvo hoti ṭhāne .
- There is doubling of a consonant after a vowel when appropriate.
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Noun
सर m or n
- Devanagari script form of sara, which is alternative citation form of सरस् (saras, “lake”)