स

• IPA^(key): /sə/ (may vary by language)

स (sa)

1. the third sibilant of the Devanagari script

• Linguistically it is considered an alveolar sibilant.

Ligatures:

• स्त्र (stra): स + त + र

• IPA^(key): [s̺ə]

स • (sa)

1. The seventeenth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə/, [sɐ]

स • (sa)

1. the thirty-second consonant in Hindi
2. (music) the first note of the Hindi musical scale

• Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ ^[edit]

• सो (so)

From Sanskrit षष् (ṣáṣ), from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”). Cognate with Hindi छह (chah), Marathi सहा (sahā).

स • (sa/so) (Latin script sov, Kannada script ಸ)

1. six

• IPA^(key): /sə/

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स • (sa)

1. The thirty-first consonant in Marathi.

• IPA^(key): [sʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: स

स • (sa)

1. The thirty-second consonant in Nepali.

स (sa)

1. Devanagari script form of sa

स (sa)

1. Devanagari script form of sa, which is masculine nominative singular of त (ta, “that”)

स (sa)

1. Devanagari script form of sa, which is vocative singular of सन् (san, “dog”)

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ/, /sɐ́/

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ/

स • (sa)

1. the thirty-second consonant in Sanskrit

   Synonym: सकार (sakāra)

2. the last of the three sibilants

• Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ॠ, ऌ, ॡ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, ऽ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, ळ, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष ^[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sá, from Proto-Indo-European *só. See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

स • (sá) m

1. masculine nominative singular of तद् (tad); he, it, that

स • (sá) m

1. masculine nominative singular of तद् (tad); that one

स • (sá) stem, ?

1. (prosody) an anapest

स • (sá) stem, ?

1. (music) abbreviation of षड्ज (ṣaḍ-ja)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

स • (sá) stem, m

1. a snake
2. air, wind
3. a bird
4. name of Vishnu or Shiva

स • (sa) stem, n

1. knowledge
2. meditation
3. a carriage road
4. a fence

From the root सन् (san).

स • (sá) stem (root सन्)

1. (at the end of a compound) procuring, bestowing

   पशुष (paśu-ṣá) — bestowing cattle

   प्रियस (priyá-sá) — granting desired objects

• Monier Williams (1899) “स”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1111, column 2.