त्सरु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ত্সৰু (Assamese script)
• ᬢ᭄ᬲᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
• ত্সরু (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰿𑰭𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑁆𑀲𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• တ္သရု (Burmese script)
• ત્સરુ (Gujarati script)
• ਤ੍ਸਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦠ꧀ꦱꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂹𑂮𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ತ್ಸರು (Kannada script)
• ត្សរុ (Khmer script)
• ຕ຺ສຣຸ (Lao script)
• ത്സരു (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠰ᠌ᠠᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘿𑘭𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠰᠠᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧠𑧍𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
• ତ୍ସରୁ (Odia script)
• ꢡ꣄ꢱꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑇀𑆱𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖿𑖭𑖨𑗜 (Siddham script)
• ත‍්සරු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫 𑪙𑪁𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚶𑚨𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
• த்ஸரு (Tamil script)
• త్సరు (Telugu script)
• ตฺสรุ (Thai script)
• ཏྶ་རུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑓂𑒮𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑩇𑨰𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From त्सर् (tsar, “to creep, to crawl, to move stealthily”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tsɐ́.ɾu/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪s̪ɐ.ɾu/

Noun

त्सरु • (tsáru) stem, m

1. a crawling animal, a worm
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.50.1:

     आ मां मित्रावरुणेह रक्षतं कुलाययद्विश्वयन्मा न आ गन् ।
     अजकावं दुर्दृशीकं तिरो दधे मा मां पद्येन रपसा विदत्त्सरुः ॥

     ā māṃ mitrāvaruṇeha rakṣataṃ kulāyayadviśvayanmā na ā gan.
     ajakāvaṃ durdṛśīkaṃ tiro dadhe mā māṃ padyena rapasā vidattsaruḥ.

     O Mitra and Varuna, guard and protect me here: let not that come to me which nests within and swells.
     I drive afar the vermin that is hateful to the sight: let not the winding worm touch me and wound my foot.

2. the stalk of a leaf, handle of a vessel
3. the hilt of a sword

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of त्सरु (tsáru)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	त्सरुः tsáruḥ	त्सरू tsárū	त्सरवः tsáravaḥ
Vocative	त्सरो tsáro	त्सरू tsárū	त्सरवः tsáravaḥ
Accusative	त्सरुम् tsárum	त्सरू tsárū	त्सरून् tsárūn
Instrumental	त्सरुणा / त्सर्वा¹ tsáruṇā / tsárvā¹	त्सरुभ्याम् tsárubhyām	त्सरुभिः tsárubhiḥ
Dative	त्सरवे / त्सर्वे¹ tsárave / tsárve¹	त्सरुभ्याम् tsárubhyām	त्सरुभ्यः tsárubhyaḥ
Ablative	त्सरोः / त्सर्वः¹ tsároḥ / tsárvaḥ¹	त्सरुभ्याम् tsárubhyām	त्सरुभ्यः tsárubhyaḥ
Genitive	त्सरोः / त्सर्वः¹ tsároḥ / tsárvaḥ¹	त्सर्वोः tsárvoḥ	त्सरूणाम् tsárūṇām
Locative	त्सरौ tsárau	त्सर्वोः tsárvoḥ	त्सरुषु tsáruṣu
Notes	¹Vedic