سرسوں
Old Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀯 (sarisava), from Sanskrit सर्षप (sarṣapa).[1]
Noun
سرسوں (srsvṉ /sarsõ/) f (Devanagari सरसों) [2]
- mustard
- c. 1300, Amir Khusrau, “سَکَل بَن پُھول رَہِی سَرْسوں [sakal ban phūl rahī sarsõ]”, in Rekhta[1]:
- آون کہہ گئے عاشق رنگ
اور بیت گئے برسوں
سکل بن پھول رہی سرسوں- āvn khh gye 'aśq rng
avr byt gye brsvṉ
skl bn phvl rhy srsvṉ - /āvana kaha gae āśiqa raṃga
aura bīta gae barasoṃ
sakala bana phūla rahī sarasoṃ/ - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- āvn khh gye 'aśq rng
Descendants
Descendants
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sarṣápa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 767
- ^ Winand M. Callewaert, Swapna Sharma (2009) “सरसों”, in Dictionary of Bhakti, Ramesh Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi 110 015: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 2003, column 2.
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Hindi سرسوں (srsvṉ /sarsõ/) (c. 1751),[1] from Old Hindi سرسوں (srsvṉ /sarsõ/) (c. 1300s), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀯 (sarisava), from Sanskrit सर्षप (sarṣapa).
Cognates
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /səɾ.sõː/
- Hyphenation: سَرْ‧سوں
- Rhymes: -õː
Noun
سَرْسوں • (sarsõ) f (Hindi spelling सरसों)[2][3][4]
- mustard
- سَرْسوں کَا تیل ― sarsõ kā tel ― mustard oil
References
More information
- ^ “سرسوں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ “سرسوں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- ^ John Shakespear (1834) “سرسوں”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1066
- ^ Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سرسوں”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 377