शर

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शर (śara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕəɾ/

Noun

शर • (śarm

  1. arrow
    Synonyms: बाण (bāṇ), तीर (tīr)

Declension

Declension of शर (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
शर
śar
direct
plural
शर
śar
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
शर
śar
शर
śar
oblique
सामान्यरूप
शरा
śarā
शरां-
śarān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
शराला
śarālā
शरांना
śarānnā
ergative शराने, शरानं
śarāne, śarāna
शरांनी
śarānnī
instrumental शराशी
śarāśī
शरांशी
śarānśī
locative
सप्तमी
शरात
śarāt
शरांत
śarāt
vocative
संबोधन
शरा
śarā
शरांनो
śarānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of शर (masc cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
शराचा
śarāċā
शराचे
śarāċe
शराची
śarācī
शराच्या
śarācā
शराचे, शराचं
śarāċe, śarāċa
शराची
śarācī
शराच्या
śarācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
शरांचा
śarānċā
शरांचे
śarānċe
शरांची
śarāñcī
शरांच्या
śarāncā
शरांचे, शरांचं
śarānċe, śarānċa
शरांची
śarāñcī
शरांच्या
śarāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “शर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From the root शॄ (śṝ).

Pronunciation

Noun

शर • (śará) stemm

  1. a sort of reed or grass (Tripidium bengalense, syn. Saccharum sara), used for arrows
  2. an arrow, shaft
    • Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.4:
      प्रणवो धनुः शरो ह्यात्मा ब्रह्म तल्लक्ष्यमुच्यते ।
      अप्रमत्तेन वेद्धव्यं शरवत्तन्मयो भवेत् ॥
      praṇavo dhanuḥ śaro hyātmā brahma tallakṣyamucyate.
      apramattena veddhavyaṃ śaravattanmayo bhavet.
      OM is the bow, the Atman is the arrow and the Brahman is said to be its mark.
      It should he hit by one who is self-collected and that which hits becomes, like the arrow, one with the mark.
  3. name of the number "five" (from the 5 arrows of kāmadeva)
  4. (astronomy) the versed sine of an arc
  5. a particular configuration of stars (when all the planets are in the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th houses)
  6. the upper part of cream or slightly curdled milk
  7. mischief, injury, hurt, a wound

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शर
singular dual plural
nominative शरः (śaráḥ) शरौ (śaraú)
शरा¹ (śarā́¹)
शराः (śarā́ḥ)
शरासः¹ (śarā́saḥ¹)
accusative शरम् (śarám) शरौ (śaraú)
शरा¹ (śarā́¹)
शरान् (śarā́n)
instrumental शरेण (śaréṇa) शराभ्याम् (śarā́bhyām) शरैः (śaraíḥ)
शरेभिः¹ (śarébhiḥ¹)
dative शराय (śarā́ya) शराभ्याम् (śarā́bhyām) शरेभ्यः (śarébhyaḥ)
ablative शरात् (śarā́t) शराभ्याम् (śarā́bhyām) शरेभ्यः (śarébhyaḥ)
genitive शरस्य (śarásya) शरयोः (śaráyoḥ) शराणाम् (śarā́ṇām)
locative शरे (śaré) शरयोः (śaráyoḥ) शरेषु (śaréṣu)
vocative शर (śára) शरौ (śárau)
शरा¹ (śárā¹)
शराः (śárāḥ)
शरासः¹ (śárāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Marathi: शर (śar)
  • Old Javanese: śara (grass, reed; arrow; shaft)

References