सरस्

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

सरस् m or n

  1. Devanagari script form of saras (“lake”)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáras, from late, southern dialectal Proto-Indo-European *sélos ~ *séles (marsh). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕλος (hélos, marsh-meadow), Old Armenian եղտիւր (ełtiwr, marsh).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    सरस् • (sáras) stemn

    1. pond, lake
    2. pool, tank, pail of water
    3. a large sheet of water

    Declension

    Neuter as-stem declension of सरस्
    singular dual plural
    nominative सरः (sáraḥ) सरसी (sárasī) सरांसि (sárāṃsi)
    accusative सरः (sáraḥ) सरसी (sárasī) सरांसि (sárāṃsi)
    instrumental सरसा (sárasā) सरोभ्याम् (sárobhyām) सरोभिः (sárobhiḥ)
    dative सरसे (sárase) सरोभ्याम् (sárobhyām) सरोभ्यः (sárobhyaḥ)
    ablative सरसः (sárasaḥ) सरोभ्याम् (sárobhyām) सरोभ्यः (sárobhyaḥ)
    genitive सरसः (sárasaḥ) सरसोः (sárasoḥ) सरसाम् (sárasām)
    locative सरसि (sárasi) सरसोः (sárasoḥ) सरःसु (sáraḥsu)
    vocative सरः (sáraḥ) सरसी (sárasī) सरांसि (sárāṃsi)

    Derived terms

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Kashmiri: سَر (sar)
    • Old Marathi: सरा (sarā)
    • Pali: saras

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “सरस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1182/2.
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sáras”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 765
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 708