सर

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

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /səɾ/, [s̪əɾ]

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सर • (sar) m (Urdu spelling سر‎)

1. (anatomy) head

   Synonym: सिर (sir)

2. (Hinglish) sir

सर m

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

सर m or n

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