Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 f

  1. Brahmi script form of sirā (vein)

Declension edit

Noun edit

𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸

  1. Brahmi script form of sirā, ablative singular of 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀲𑁆 (siras, head)
  2. Brahmi script form of sirā, vocative singular of 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀲𑁆 (siras, head)

Prakrit edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit सिरा (sirā́). Cognate with Pali sirā.

Noun edit

𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (sirāf (Devanagari सिरा)

  1. (anatomy) vein
  2. stream

Declension edit

Maharastri declension of 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (feminine)
singular plural
Nominative 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (sirā) 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀑 (sirāo) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀉 (sirāu) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (sirā)
Accusative 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀁 (siraṃ) 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀑 (sirāo) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀉 (sirāu) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (sirā)
Instrumental 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀏 (sirāe) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀇 (sirāi) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀅 (sirāa) 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺 (sirāhi) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁 (sirāhiṃ)
Dative
Ablative 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀑 (sirāo) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀉 (sirāu) 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (sirāhiṃto)
Genitive 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀏 (sirāe) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀇 (sirāi) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀅 (sirāa) 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀡 (sirāṇa) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀁 (sirāṇaṃ)
Locative 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀏 (sirāe) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀇 (sirāi) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀅 (sirāa) 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀲𑀼 (sirāsu) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀲𑀼𑀁 (sirāsuṃ)
Vocative 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑁂 (sire) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (sirā) 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀑 (sirāo) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀉 (sirāu) or 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (sirā)

Descendants edit

  • Gujarati: સેર (ser)
  • Marathi: शीर (śīr)
  • Bengali: শিরা (śira)
  • Odia: ସିରା (sira)
  • Assamese: সিৰ (xir)

Further reading edit

  • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “सिरा”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 903.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sirāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 775

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Noun edit

𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (sirā́) stemf

  1. Brahmi script form of सिरा