शराव

Of disputed origin.^[1] The word appears to be built off of an unattested root form *शर् (śar) of uncertain interpretation, whence also perhaps शालाजिर (śālājira, “a kind of dish”); Mayrhofer tentatively favors taking the words as derivatives of शॄ (śṝ, “to crush, shatter”), thus with dishes interpreted as "shards". Other theories deriving the words from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”) or relating them to Ancient Greek κέρνος (kérnos, “kernos, dish with pots”) appear less likely.^[2] Compare also Waigali ćari (“water pot”) (< *carāwikā).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́.ɾɑː.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐˈɾɑː.ʋɐ/

शराव • (śárāva) stem, m or n

1. a shallow cup, dish, plate, platter, earthenware vessel
   1. the flat cover or lid of any such vessel
2. a measure equal to two Prasthas or one Kuḍava

• → Proto-Japonic: *sara (“plate”) (possibly)
  • Old Japanese: 皿, 盤 (sara)
    • Japanese: 皿, 盤 (sara)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *sara
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 皿, 盤 (sara)
      • Kunigami: 皿, 盤 (sarā)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 皿, 盤 (sara)
      • Okinawan: 皿, 盤 (sara)
      • Okinoerabu: 皿, 盤 (sara)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 皿, 盤 (sara)
      • Tokunoshima: 皿, 盤 (sharā)
      • Yoron: 皿, 盤 (sara)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 皿, 盤 (sara)
      • Yaeyama: 皿, 盤 (sara)
      • Yonaguni: 皿, 盤 (sara)
  ^[3]

• Monier Williams (1899) “शराव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1057/3.