स्वर

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      Etymology

      From Sanskrit स्वर (svára).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      स्वर  (svar) m, Urdu spelling سور

      1. voice, sound
        उसने ऊँचे स्वर से गाया।
        He sang in a loud voice.
      2. (music): note, tune
        उसने बहुत तीक्ष्ण स्वर निकाला।
        He hit a very shrill note.
      3. (grammar) vowel
        अ इ उ स्वर हैं, क प म व्यंजन हैं।
        A, i, and u are vowels; ka, pa, ma are consonants.

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      Antonyms

      References

      • स्वर in Bahri, Hardev (1989), Learners' Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: Rajpal & Sons)

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      Sanskrit

      Noun

      स्वर (svára) m

      1. sound, noise
      2. voice
      3. tone in recitation
      4. accent in Sanskrit
      5. a note of the musical scale (of which seven [rarely six or eight] are enumerated)

      Declension

      Noun

      स्वर (svará) m

      1. sound, noise
      2. voice
      3. tone in recitation
      4. accent in Sanskrit
      5. a note of the musical scale (of which seven [rarely six or eight] are enumerated)
      6. a symbolical expression for the number "seven"
      7. (phonetics) a vowel
      8. air breathed through the nostrils
      9. a musical note

      Declension

      References

      Monier Monier-Williams, "Sanskrit-English Dictionary", URL accessed on 2008-02-07.

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