सूर

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /suːɾ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit सूर (sū́ra).

Noun

सूर • (sūr) m

1. the sun
2. a learned man

Declension

Declension of सूर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सूर sūr	सूर sūr
oblique	सूर sūr	सूरों sūrõ
vocative	सूर sūr	सूरो sūro

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit शूर (śūra). Doublet of शूर (śūr), a tatsama.

Noun

सूर • (sūr) m

1. a hero, warrior, champion

Declension

Declension of सूर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सूर sūr	सूर sūr
oblique	सूर sūr	सूरों sūrõ
vocative	सूर sūr	सूरो sūro

Adjective

सूर • (sūr) (indeclinable)

1. heroic, valiant, brave

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• সূৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬹᬭ (Balinese script)
• সূর (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰳𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀽𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• သူရ (Burmese script)
• સૂર (Gujarati script)
• ਸੂਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍂𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦹꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂴𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಸೂರ (Kannada script)
• សូរ (Khmer script)
• ສູຣ (Lao script)
• സൂര (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡠᡠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘴𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠤᠤᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧕𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐹𑐬 (Newa script)
• ସୂର (Odia script)
• ꢱꢹꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆷𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖳𑖨 (Siddham script)
• සූර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩒𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚱𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஸூர (Tamil script)
• సూర (Telugu script)
• สูร (Thai script)
• སཱུ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒴𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨃𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”), whence also सूर्य (sūrya) and स्वर् (svar). Cognate with Latin sol, Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios), Old English sol, Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (huuar^ə), Persian خور (xor).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /súː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪uː.ɾɐ/

Noun

सूर • (sū́ra) stem, m

1. the Sun

   Synonyms: रवि (ravi), भास्कर (bhāskara), दिनकर (dinakara), भानु (bhānu), आदित्य (āditya), सवितृ (savitṛ)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.50.2:

     अप त्ये तायवो यथा नक्षत्रा यन्त्यक्तुभिः।
     सूराय विश्वचक्षसे॥

     apa tye tāyavo yathā nakṣatrā yantyaktubhiḥ.
     sūrāya viśvacakṣase.

     The constellations pass away, like thieves, together with their beams,
     Before the all-beholding Sun.

2. crown flower (Calotropis gigantea)
3. a wise or learned man, teacher
4. an inciter, propeller
5. name of the father of kunthu- (the 17th arhat- of the present avasarpiṇī-)
6. the Soma juice flowing from the Soma press

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सूर (sū́ra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सूरः sū́raḥ	सूरौ / सूरा¹ sū́rau / sū́rā¹	सूराः / सूरासः¹ sū́rāḥ / sū́rāsaḥ¹
Vocative	सूर sū́ra	सूरौ / सूरा¹ sū́rau / sū́rā¹	सूराः / सूरासः¹ sū́rāḥ / sū́rāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सूरम् sū́ram	सूरौ / सूरा¹ sū́rau / sū́rā¹	सूरान् sū́rān
Instrumental	सूरेण sū́reṇa	सूराभ्याम् sū́rābhyām	सूरैः / सूरेभिः¹ sū́raiḥ / sū́rebhiḥ¹
Dative	सूराय sū́rāya	सूराभ्याम् sū́rābhyām	सूरेभ्यः sū́rebhyaḥ
Ablative	सूरात् sū́rāt	सूराभ्याम् sū́rābhyām	सूरेभ्यः sū́rebhyaḥ
Genitive	सूरस्य sū́rasya	सूरयोः sū́rayoḥ	सूराणाम् sū́rāṇām
Locative	सूरे sū́re	सूरयोः sū́rayoḥ	सूरेषु sū́reṣu
Notes	¹Vedic