समर

See also: स्मर

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.məɾ/, [sɐ.mɐɾ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit समर (samara).

Noun

समर • (samar) m (Urdu spelling سمر)

1. war
2. battle

Declension

Declension of समर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	समर samar	समर samar
oblique	समर samar	समरों samarõ
vocative	समर samar	समरो samaro

Derived terms

• समर करना (samar karnā)
• समर-विद्या (samar-vidyā)

 

Related terms

• समरकर्म (samarkarm)
• समरक्षिति (samrakṣiti)
• समरपोत (samarpot)
• समरभट (samarbhaṭ)
• समरभू (samarbhū)
• समरभूमि (samarbhūmi)
• समरमर्दन (samarmardan)
• समरविजयी (samravijyī)
• समरव्यसनी (samravyasnī)
• समरशायी (samarśāyī)
• समरशूर (samarśūr)
• समरसार (samarsār)
• समरांगण (samrāṅgaṇ)
• समरोद्यत (samrodyat)

 

Etymology 2

Adapted borrowing from Sanskrit स्मर (smara).

Noun

समर • (samar) m (Urdu spelling سمر)

1. Alternative form of स्मर (smar); Kamadeva

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian ثمر (samar, “fruit”), from Arabic ثَمَرَة (ṯamara, “fruit”).

Noun

समर • (samar) m (Urdu spelling ثمر)

1. fruit
2. fruit of one's actions, result, outcome
   1. advantage, profit

Derived terms

• समर-बहिश्त (samar-bahiśt)

 

Related terms

• समरदार (samardār)

 

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সমৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬫᬭ (Balinese script)
• সমর (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰦𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀫𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• သမရ (Burmese script)
• સમર (Gujarati script)
• ਸਮਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌮𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦩꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂧𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಮರ (Kannada script)
• សមរ (Khmer script)
• ສມຣ (Lao script)
• സമര (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᠮᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘦𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠮᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧆𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐩𑐬 (Newa script)
• ସମର (Odia script)
• ꢱꢪꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆩𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖦𑖨 (Siddham script)
• සමර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩴𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚢𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஸமர (Tamil script)
• సమర (Telugu script)
• สมร (Thai script)
• ས་མ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒧𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨢𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.mɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ.mɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

समर • (sam-ará) stem, m

1. coming together, meeting, concourse, confluence
   • RV 6.9.2b

     नाहं तन्तुं न वि जानाम्योतुं न यं वयन्ति समरेऽतमानाः |

     कस्य सवित पुत्र इह वक्त्वानि परो वदात्यवरेण पित्रा ||

     nāhaṃ tantuṃ na vi jānāmyotuṃ na yaṃ vayanti samare'tamānāḥ |

     kasya svit putra iha vaktvāni paro vadātyavareṇa pitrā ||

     I know not either warp or woof, I know not the web they weave when moving to the contest.

     Whose son shall here speak words that must be spoken without assistance from the Father near him?

2. hostile encounter, conflict, struggle, war, battle with (सह (saha))
3. name of a king of the विद्याधर (vidyā-dhara)
4. name of a king of काम्पिल्य (kāmpilya)
5. name of a brother of king अवन्तिवर्मन् (avantivarman)

Descendants

• → Old Javanese: samara (“battle, battlefield”)
  • → Balinese: ᬲᬫᬭ (samara, “battle”)
• Telugu: సమరము (samaramu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “समर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page सम, र, sama, r.
• Monier Williams (1899) “समर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1170.