शर

Borrowed from Sanskrit शर (śara).

• IPA^(key): /ɕəɾ/

शर • (śar) m

1. arrow

   Synonyms: बाण (bāṇ), तीर (tīr)

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “शर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

From the root शॄ (śṝ).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐ.ɾɐ/

शर • (śará) stem, m

1. a sort of reed or grass (Tripidium bengalense, syn. Saccharum sara), used for arrows
2. an arrow, shaft
   • Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.4:

     प्रणवो धनुः शरो ह्यात्मा ब्रह्म तल्लक्ष्यमुच्यते ।
     अप्रमत्तेन वेद्धव्यं शरवत्तन्मयो भवेत् ॥

     praṇavo dhanuḥ śaro hyātmā brahma tallakṣyamucyate.
     apramattena veddhavyaṃ śaravattanmayo bhavet.

     OM is the bow, the Atman is the arrow and the Brahman is said to be its mark.
     It should he hit by one who is self-collected and that which hits becomes, like the arrow, one with the mark.

3. name of the number "five" (from the 5 arrows of kāmadeva)
4. (astronomy) the versed sine of an arc
5. a particular configuration of stars (when all the planets are in the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th houses)
6. the upper part of cream or slightly curdled milk
7. mischief, injury, hurt, a wound

• → Marathi: शर (śar)
• → Old Javanese: śara (“grass, reed; arrow; shaft”)
  • Javanese: ꦱꦫ (sara, “arrow”)
  • → Balinese: ᬰᬭ (sara, “arrow”)

• Monier Williams (1899) “शर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1056.