सिरा
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sɪ.ɾɑː/, [sɪ.ɾäː]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit शिरस् (śíras). Doublet of सिर (sir), सर (sar), शिरस् (śiras), and शिर (śir).
Noun
सिरा • (sirā) m (Urdu spelling سِرا)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सिरा sirā |
सिरे sire |
| oblique | सिरे sire |
सिरों sirõ |
| vocative | सिरे sire |
सिरो siro |
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिरा (sirā́).
Noun
सिरा • (sirā) f (Urdu spelling سِرا) (formal)
- (anatomy) a blood vessel
- an irrigation channel
- a bucket, baling vessel
- Synonym: बाल्टी (bālṭī)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सिरा sirā |
सिराएँ sirāẽ |
| oblique | सिरा sirā |
सिराओं sirāõ |
| vocative | सिरा sirā |
सिराओ sirāo |
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
सिरा • (sirā) m
- (Bihar) alternative form of शीरा (śīrā)
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सिरा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सिरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “सिरा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “सिरा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
सिरा f
- Devanagari script form of sirā (“vein”)
Declension
Declension table of "सिरा" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | सिरा (sirā) | सिरायो (sirāyo) or सिरा (sirā) |
| Accusative (second) | सिरं (siraṃ) | सिरायो (sirāyo) or सिरा (sirā) |
| Instrumental (third) | सिराय (sirāya) | सिराहि (sirāhi) or सिराभि (sirābhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | सिराय (sirāya) | सिरानं (sirānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | सिराय (sirāya) | सिराहि (sirāhi) or सिराभि (sirābhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | सिराय (sirāya) | सिरानं (sirānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | सिराय (sirāya) or सिरायं (sirāyaṃ) | सिरासु (sirāsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | सिरे (sire) | सिरायो (sirāyo) or सिरा (sirā) |
Noun
सिरा
- Devanagari script form of sirā, ablative singular of सिरस् (siras, “head”)
- Devanagari script form of sirā, vocative singular of सिरस् (siras, “head”)
Prakrit
Noun
सिरा (sirā) f
- Devanagari script form of 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- शिरा (śirā)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সিৰা (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬶᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
- সিরা (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰰𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- သိရာ (Burmese script)
- સિરા (Gujarati script)
- ਸਿਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌿𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦶꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂱𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಿರಾ (Kannada script)
- សិរា (Khmer script)
- ສິຣາ (Lao script)
- സിരാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᡳᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘱𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠢᠷᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧒𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐶𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସିରା (Odia script)
- ꢱꢶꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆴𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖰𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
- සිරා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩑𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚮𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஸிரா (Tamil script)
- సిరా (Telugu script)
- สิรา (Thai script)
- སི་རཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒱𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨁𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Related to सीरा (sīrā́), further etymology unclear.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /si.ɾɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪i.ɾɑː/
Noun
सिरा • (sirā́) stem, f
- a stream
- (anatomy) any tubular vessel of the body
- a vein-like channel or narrow stream of river water
- a bucket, baling-vessel
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सिरा (sirā́) | सिरे (siré) | सिराः (sirā́ḥ) |
| accusative | सिराम् (sirā́m) | सिरे (siré) | सिराः (sirā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | सिरया (siráyā) सिरा¹ (sirā́¹) |
सिराभ्याम् (sirā́bhyām) | सिराभिः (sirā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | सिरायै (sirā́yai) | सिराभ्याम् (sirā́bhyām) | सिराभ्यः (sirā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सिरायाः (sirā́yāḥ) सिरायै² (sirā́yai²) |
सिराभ्याम् (sirā́bhyām) | सिराभ्यः (sirā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सिरायाः (sirā́yāḥ) सिरायै² (sirā́yai²) |
सिरयोः (siráyoḥ) | सिराणाम् (sirā́ṇām) |
| locative | सिरायाम् (sirā́yām) | सिरयोः (siráyoḥ) | सिरासु (sirā́su) |
| vocative | सिरे (síre) | सिरे (síre) | सिराः (sírāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Pali: sirā
- Prakrit: सिरा (sirā), 𑀙𑀺𑀭𑀸 (chirā)
- → Tamil: சிரை (cirai)
- → Malayalam: ശിര (śira), സിര (sira)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “सिरा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1217, column 1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “sirā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सिरा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सिरा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 731
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sirāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press