सरस्

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• saras (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• সরস্ (Bengali script)
• සරස් (Sinhalese script)
• သရသ် (Burmese script)
• สรสฺ or สะรัส (Thai script)
• ᩈᩁᩈ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
• ສຣສ຺ or ສະຣັສ (Lao script)
• សរស៑ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄢𑄥𑄴 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• sara (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• सर (Devanagari script)
• সর (Bengali script)
• සර (Sinhalese script)
• သရ (Burmese script)
• สร or สะระ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ສຣ or ສະຣະ (Lao script)
• សរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

सरस् m or n

1. Devanagari script form of saras (“lake”)

Declension

Declension table of "सरस्" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	सरो (saro) or सरं (saraṃ)	सरानि (sarāni) or सरा (sarā)
Accusative (second)	सरो (saro) or सरं (saraṃ)	सरानि (sarāni) or सरे (sare)
Instrumental (third)	सरसा (sarasā) or सरेन (sarena)	सरेहि (sarehi) or सरेभि (sarebhi)
Dative (fourth)	सरसो (saraso) or सरस्स (sarassa)	सरानं (sarānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	सरसा (sarasā) or सरस्मा (sarasmā) or सरम्हा (saramhā) or सरा (sarā)	सरेहि (sarehi) or सरेभि (sarebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	सरसो (saraso) or सरस्स (sarassa)	सरानं (sarānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	सरसि (sarasi) or सरस्मिं (sarasmiṃ) or सरम्हि (saramhi) or सरे (sare)	सरेसु (saresu)
Vocative (calling)	सरो (saro) or सर (sara) or सरं (saraṃ) or सरा (sarā)	सरानि (sarāni) or सरा (sarā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সৰস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬭᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সরস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰨𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သရသ် (Burmese script)
• સરસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਰਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌰𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦫꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂩𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸರಸ್ (Kannada script)
• សរស៑ (Khmer script)
• ສຣສ຺ (Lao script)
• സരസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᡵᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘨𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠷᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧈𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐬𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସରସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢬꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆫𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖨𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සරස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩼𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚤𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸரஸ் (Tamil script)
• సరస్ (Telugu script)
• สรสฺ (Thai script)
• ས་ར་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒩𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨫𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáras, from late, southern dialectal Proto-Indo-European *sélos ~ *séles (“marsh”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕλος (hélos, “marsh-meadow”), Old Armenian եղտիւր (ełtiwr, “marsh”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ́.ɾɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ.ɾɐs̪/

Noun

सरस् • (sáras) stem, n

1. pond, lake
2. pool, tank, pail of water
3. a large sheet of water
4. anything flowing or fluid

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of सरस् (sáras)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सरः sáraḥ	सरसी sárasī	सरांसि sárāṃsi
Vocative	सरः sáraḥ	सरसी sárasī	सरांसि sárāṃsi
Accusative	सरः sáraḥ	सरसी sárasī	सरांसि sárāṃsi
Instrumental	सरसा sárasā	सरोभ्याम् sárobhyām	सरोभिः sárobhiḥ
Dative	सरसे sárase	सरोभ्याम् sárobhyām	सरोभ्यः sárobhyaḥ
Ablative	सरसः sárasaḥ	सरोभ्याम् sárobhyām	सरोभ्यः sárobhyaḥ
Genitive	सरसः sárasaḥ	सरसोः sárasoḥ	सरसाम् sárasām
Locative	सरसि sárasi	सरसोः sárasoḥ	सरःसु sáraḥsu

Derived terms

• सरोवर (sarovara, “lake”)

Related terms

• सरस्वती (sárasvatī, literally “she with many pools”) (inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáraswatiH).

Descendants

• Kashmiri: سَر (sar)
• Old Marathi: सरा (sarā)
• Pali: saras
  • → Thai: สระ (sà)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सरस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1182/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 708