Hindi

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Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

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सर (sarm (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

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Borrowed from Sanskrit सर (sara).

Noun

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सर (sarm (Urdu spelling سر)

  1. arrow

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Sanskrit सरस् (saras).

Noun

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सर (sarm (Urdu spelling سر)

  1. lake

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from English sir.

Noun

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सर (sarm (Urdu spelling سر)

  1. sir

Etymology 5

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Borrowed from Sanskrit शर (śara)

Noun

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सर (sarm (Urdu spelling سر)

  1. Alternative spelling of शर (śar)
Declension
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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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सर m

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

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सर m or n

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

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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From the root सृ (sṛ, to run; glide).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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सर (sará) stem

  1. springer, runner
  2. flower, speeder, glider, mover

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of सर (sará)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सरः
saráḥ
सरौ / सरा¹
saraú / sarā́¹
सराः / सरासः¹
sarā́ḥ / sarā́saḥ¹
Vocative सर
sára
सरौ / सरा¹
sárau / sárā¹
सराः / सरासः¹
sárāḥ / sárāsaḥ¹
Accusative सरम्
sarám
सरौ / सरा¹
saraú / sarā́¹
सरान्
sarā́n
Instrumental सरेण
saréṇa
सराभ्याम्
sarā́bhyām
सरैः / सरेभिः¹
saraíḥ / sarébhiḥ¹
Dative सराय
sarā́ya
सराभ्याम्
sarā́bhyām
सरेभ्यः
sarébhyaḥ
Ablative सरात्
sarā́t
सराभ्याम्
sarā́bhyām
सरेभ्यः
sarébhyaḥ
Genitive सरस्य
sarásya
सरयोः
saráyoḥ
सराणाम्
sarā́ṇām
Locative सरे
saré
सरयोः
saráyoḥ
सरेषु
saréṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Feminine ā-stem declension of सरा (sarā́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सरा
sarā́
सरे
saré
सराः
sarā́ḥ
Vocative सरे
sáre
सरे
sáre
सराः
sárāḥ
Accusative सराम्
sarā́m
सरे
saré
सराः
sarā́ḥ
Instrumental सरया / सरा¹
saráyā / sarā́¹
सराभ्याम्
sarā́bhyām
सराभिः
sarā́bhiḥ
Dative सरायै
sarā́yai
सराभ्याम्
sarā́bhyām
सराभ्यः
sarā́bhyaḥ
Ablative सरायाः / सरायै²
sarā́yāḥ / sarā́yai²
सराभ्याम्
sarā́bhyām
सराभ्यः
sarā́bhyaḥ
Genitive सरायाः / सरायै²
sarā́yāḥ / sarā́yai²
सरयोः
saráyoḥ
सराणाम्
sarā́ṇām
Locative सरायाम्
sarā́yām
सरयोः
saráyoḥ
सरासु
sarā́su
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
Neuter a-stem declension of सर (sará)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सरम्
sarám
सरे
saré
सराणि / सरा¹
sarā́ṇi / sarā́¹
Vocative सर
sára
सरे
sáre
सराणि / सरा¹
sárāṇi / sárā¹
Accusative सरम्
sarám
सरे
saré
सराणि / सरा¹
sarā́ṇi / sarā́¹
Instrumental सरेण
saréṇa
सराभ्याम्
sarā́bhyām
सरैः / सरेभिः¹
saraíḥ / sarébhiḥ¹
Dative सराय
sarā́ya
सराभ्याम्
sarā́bhyām
सरेभ्यः
sarébhyaḥ
Ablative सरात्
sarā́t
सराभ्याम्
sarā́bhyām
सरेभ्यः
sarébhyaḥ
Genitive सरस्य
sarásya
सरयोः
saráyoḥ
सराणाम्
sarā́ṇām
Locative सरे
saré
सरयोः
saráyoḥ
सरेषु
saréṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Noun

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सर (sará) stemm

  1. sound
  2. arrow
  3. water

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of सर (sará)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सरः
saráḥ
सरौ / सरा¹
saraú / sarā́¹
सराः / सरासः¹
sarā́ḥ / sarā́saḥ¹
Vocative सर
sára
सरौ / सरा¹
sárau / sárā¹
सराः / सरासः¹
sárāḥ / sárāsaḥ¹
Accusative सरम्
sarám
सरौ / सरा¹
saraú / sarā́¹
सरान्
sarā́n
Instrumental सरेण
saréṇa
सराभ्याम्
sarā́bhyām
सरैः / सरेभिः¹
saraíḥ / sarébhiḥ¹
Dative सराय
sarā́ya
सराभ्याम्
sarā́bhyām
सरेभ्यः
sarébhyaḥ
Ablative सरात्
sarā́t
सराभ्याम्
sarā́bhyām
सरेभ्यः
sarébhyaḥ
Genitive सरस्य
sarásya
सरयोः
saráyoḥ
सराणाम्
sarā́ṇām
Locative सरे
saré
सरयोः
saráyoḥ
सरेषु
saréṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic