सर

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See also: सुर, सारा, सिर, सूरा, and सार

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /səɾ/,
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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian سر (sar). Cognate with Sanskrit शिरस् (śiras). Doublet of सिर (sir, “head”) and सिरा (sirā, “beginning”).

Noun

सर • (sar) m (Urdu spelling سر)

  1. (anatomy) head
    Synonym: सिर (sir)
  2. top, tip, point
  3. head, chief
  4. (figuratively) conquer, subdue, overpower, win
  5. one of the four top-valued playing cards

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit सर (sara).

Noun

सर • (sar) m (Urdu spelling سر)

  1. arrow

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit सरस् (saras).

Noun

सर • (sar) m (Urdu spelling سر)

  1. lake

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English sir.

Noun

सर • (sar) m (Urdu spelling سر)

  1. sir

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Sanskrit शर (śara)

Noun

सर • (sar) m (Urdu spelling سر)

  1. Alternative spelling of शर (śar)
Declension
Declension of सर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct सर
sar 		सर
sar
oblique सर
sar 		सरों
sarõ
vocative सर
sar 		सरो
saro

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Noun

सर m

  1. Devanagari script form of sara (“arrow”)
  2. Devanagari script form of sara (“sound”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, 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]‎, 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.

Noun

सर m or n

  1. Devanagari script form of sara, which is alternative citation form of सरस् (saras, “lake”)
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