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Sanskrit
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHar (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭 (huuar), Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios), Latin sōl, Persian خور (xvar), English sun. Doublet of हेलि (heli).
Pronunciation
Noun
स्वर् • (svàr) stem, m
- the sun
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 5.14.4:
- अ॒ग्निर्जा॒तो अ॑रोचत॒ घ्नन्दस्यू॒ञ्ज्योति॑षा॒ तमः॑।
अवि॑न्द॒द्गा अ॒पः स्वः॑॥- agnírjātó arocata ghnándásyūñjyótiṣā támaḥ.
ávindadgā́ apáḥ svaḥ. - Agni shone bright when born, with light killing the Dasyus and the darkness:
He found the Kine, the Waters, the Sun.
- sunshine, light
- sky, heaven
- space between the sun and the polar star, as the third of the व्याहृति (vyāhṛti, “names of the upper worlds used as mystical utterance”)
Declension
Declension of स्वर्
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Singular
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स्वः (svàḥ)
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| Accusative
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स्वः (svàḥ)
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| Dative
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सूरे (sūré)
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| Ablative
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स्वः (svàḥ)
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| Genitive
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सूरः (sū́raḥ)
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| Locative
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स्वः (svàḥ)
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Derived terms
Proper noun
स्वर् • (svar) stem, m
- a name of Shiva
Derived terms
- स्वरतिक्रम (svaratikrama, “stepping beyond heaven”)
- स्वरधीत (svaradhīta, “reaching heaven”)
- स्वरापगा (svarāpagā, “river of heaven, the Ganges”)
- स्वर्ग (svargá, “heaven”)
- स्वर्गत (svargata, “being in heaven; gone to heaven; dead”)
- स्वर्गमन (svargamana, “going to heaven; death”)
- स्वर्वत् (svàrvat, “bright, shining, celestial”)
- स्वर्वैद्य (svarvaidya, “physician of heaven; either of the two Aśvins”)
References
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; whistle; shout loudly; swear”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *svãrъ (“quarrel, strife, trouble”); Latin sermō; English swear, (an)swer.
Alternative scripts
Pronunciation
Root
स्वर् • (svar)
- to sound, resound, utter a sound
- to sing praises of
Derived terms
References
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 202
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्वर्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्वर्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 353
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 613
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1050”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1050