सरस्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáras, from late, southern dialectal Proto-Indo-European *sélos ~ *séles (“marsh”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕλος (hélos, “marsh-meadow”), Old Armenian եղտիւր (ełtiwr, “marsh”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /s̪ɐ́.ɽɐs̪/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɐ.ɽɐs̪/
Noun
सरस् • (sáras) n
- pond, lake
- pool, tank, pail of water
- a large sheet of water
- anything flowing or fluid
Declension
Neuter as-stem declension of सरस् (sáras) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | सरः sáraḥ | सरसी sárasī | सरांसि sárāṃsi |
Vocative | सरः sáraḥ | सरसी sárasī | सरांसि sárāṃsi |
Accusative | सरः sáraḥ | सरसी sárasī | सरांसि sárāṃsi |
Instrumental | सरसा sárasā | सरोभ्याम् sárobhyām | सरोभिः sárobhiḥ |
Dative | सरसे sárase | सरोभ्याम् sárobhyām | सरोभ्यः sárobhyaḥ |
Ablative | सरसः sárasaḥ | सरोभ्याम् sárobhyām | सरोभ्यः sárobhyaḥ |
Genitive | सरसः sárasaḥ | सरसोः sárasoḥ | सरसाम् sárasām |
Locative | सरसि sárasi | सरसोः sárasoḥ | सरःसु sáraḥsu |
Derived terms
- सरोवर (sarovara, “lake”)
Related terms
- सरस्वती (sárasvatī, literally “she with many pools”) (inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáraswatiH).
Descendants
- Old Marathi: सरा (sarā)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “सरस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1182/2.