सिरा
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sɪ.ɾɑː/, [s̪ɪ.ɾäː]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit शिरस् (śíras). Doublet of सिर (sir), सर (sar), शिरस् (śiras), and शिर (śir).
Noun
सिरा • (sirā) m (Urdu spelling سِرا)
- beginning, inception
- सिरे से ― sire se ― from the outset
- head, front
- edge (of any area); tip
Declension
Declension of सिरा (masc ā-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | सिरा sirā | सिरे sire |
oblique | सिरे sire | सिरों sirõ |
vocative | सिरे sire | सिरो siro |
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिरा (sirā́).
Noun
सिरा • (sirā) f (formal)
- (anatomy) a blood vessel
- an irrigation channel
- a bucket, baling vessel
- Synonym: बाल्टी (bālṭī)
Declension
Declension of सिरा (fem ā-stem)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
direct | सिरा sirā | सिराएँ sirāẽ |
oblique | सिरा sirā | सिराओं sirāõ |
vocative | सिरा sirā | सिराओ sirāo |
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
सिरा • (sirā) m
- (Bihar) alternative form of शीरा (śīrā)
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “सिरा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सिरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “सिरा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “सिरा”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- sirā (Latin script)
- 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- সিরা (Bengali script)
- සිරා (Sinhalese script)
- သိရာ or သိရႃ (Burmese script)
- สิรา (Thai script)
- ᩈᩥᩁᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ສິຣາ (Lao script)
- សិរា (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄨𑄢𑄂 (Chakma script)
Noun
सिरा f
- Devanagari script form of sirā
Declension
Declension table of "सिरा" (feminine)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | सिरा (sirā) | सिरायो (sirāyo) or सिरा (sirā) |
Accusative (second) | सिरं (siraṃ) | सिरायो (sirāyo) or सिरा (sirā) |
Instrumental (third) | सिराय (sirāya) | सिराहि (sirāhi) or सिराभि (sirābhi) |
Dative (fourth) | सिराय (sirāya) | सिरानं (sirānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | सिराय (sirāya) | सिराहि (sirāhi) or सिराभि (sirābhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | सिराय (sirāya) | सिरानं (sirānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | सिराय (sirāya) or सिरायं (sirāyaṃ) | सिरासु (sirāsu) |
Vocative (calling) | सिरे (sire) | सिरायो (sirāyo) or सिरा (sirā) |
Prakrit
Noun
सिरा (sirā) f
- Devanagari script form of 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- शिरा (śirā)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬲᬶᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
- সিৰা (Assamese script)
- সিরা (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰰𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑌿𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
- સિરા (Gujarati script)
- ਸਿਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦱꦶꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
- សិរា (Khmer script)
- ಸಿರಾ (Kannada script)
- ສິຣາ (Lao script)
- സിരാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘭𑘱𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠰᢈᠷᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠰᡳᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- သိရာ (Burmese script)
- 𑧍𑧒𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐶𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସିରା (Oriya script)
- ꢱꢶꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆴𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖰𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
- සිරා (Sinhalese script)
- సిరా (Telugu script)
- สิรา (Thai script)
- སི་རཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒱𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *ser-. Doublet of सरित् (sarit).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /si.ɾɑ́ː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈs̪i.ɾɑː/
Noun
सिरा • (sirā́) f
- a stream
- (anatomy) any tubular vessel of the body
- a vein
- an artery
- a nerve
- a tendon
- a vein-like channel or narrow stream of river water
- a bucket, baling-vessel
Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of सिरा (sirā́) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | सिरा sirā́ | सिरे siré | सिराः sirā́ḥ |
Vocative | सिरे síre | सिरे síre | सिराः sírāḥ |
Accusative | सिराम् sirā́m | सिरे siré | सिराः sirā́ḥ |
Instrumental | सिरया / सिरा¹ siráyā / sirā́¹ | सिराभ्याम् sirā́bhyām | सिराभिः sirā́bhiḥ |
Dative | सिरायै sirā́yai | सिराभ्याम् sirā́bhyām | सिराभ्यः sirā́bhyaḥ |
Ablative | सिरायाः sirā́yāḥ | सिराभ्याम् sirā́bhyām | सिराभ्यः sirā́bhyaḥ |
Genitive | सिरायाः sirā́yāḥ | सिरयोः siráyoḥ | सिराणाम् sirā́ṇām |
Locative | सिरायाम् sirā́yām | सिरयोः siráyoḥ | सिरासु sirā́su |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Pali: sirā
- Prakrit: सिरा (sirā) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “सिरा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1217, column 1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “sirā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “सिरा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “सिरा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sirāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press