सवेरा

See also: सवेरे, स्वर, and स्वर्

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *सवेल (savela, “early”). See more at वेला (velā). Cognate with Punjabi ਸਵੇਰ (saver), Nepali सबेर (sabera), Gujarati સવેળા (saveḷā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.ʋeː.ɾɑː/, [sɐ.ʋeː.ɾäː]
• Rhymes: -eː.ɾɑː
• Hyphenation: स‧वे‧रा

Noun

सवेरा • (saverā) m (Urdu spelling سویرا)

1. the early morning, dawn, daybreak

   Synonyms: तड़का (taṛkā), धुँधलका (dhundhalkā), सिदौस (sidaus)

   गर्मियों में तो पाँच बजे ही सवेरा हो जाता है।

   garmiyõ mẽ to pā̃c baje hī saverā ho jātā hai.

   In the summer, morning begins at just five o'clock.

Declension

Declension of सवेरा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सवेरा saverā	सवेरे savere
oblique	सवेरे savere	सवेरों saverõ
vocative	सवेरे savere	सवेरो savero

Derived terms

• सवेरे (savere)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सवेरा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “सवेरा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*savēla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press