शरु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

শৰু (Assamese script)
ᬰᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
শরু (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ၐရု (Burmese script)
શરુ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಶರು (Kannada script)
ឝរុ (Khmer script)
ຨຣຸ (Lao script)
ശരു (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠠᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
ᠱᠠᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
ଶରୁ (Odia script)
ꢯꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
ශරු (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
ஶரு (Tamil script)
శరు (Telugu script)
ศรุ (Thai script)
ཤ་རུ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱérus (“pointed stick, arrow, sword”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (hairus, “sword”), Old Norse hjǫrr (“sword”), Old English heoru (“sword”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́.ɾu/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.ɾu/

Noun

शरु • (śáru) stem, m or f

arrow, dart, missile
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.125.6:
  अ॒हं रु॒द्राय॒ धनु॒रा त॑नोमि ब्रह्म॒द्विषे॒ शर॑वे॒ हन्त॒वा उ॑ ।
  aháṃ rudrā́ya dhánurā́ tanomi brahmadvíṣe śárave hántavā́ u.
  I bend the bow for Rudra that his arrow may strike and slay the hater of devotion.

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of शरु
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शरुः (śáruḥ)	शरू (śárū)	शरवः (śáravaḥ)
accusative	शरुम् (śárum)	शरू (śárū)	शरून् (śárūn)
instrumental	शरुणा (śáruṇā) शर्वा¹ (śárvā¹)	शरुभ्याम् (śárubhyām)	शरुभिः (śárubhiḥ)
dative	शरवे (śárave) शर्वे¹ (śárve¹)	शरुभ्याम् (śárubhyām)	शरुभ्यः (śárubhyaḥ)
ablative	शरोः (śároḥ) शर्वः¹ (śárvaḥ¹)	शरुभ्याम् (śárubhyām)	शरुभ्यः (śárubhyaḥ)
genitive	शरोः (śároḥ) शर्वः¹ (śárvaḥ¹)	शर्वोः (śárvoḥ)	शरूणाम् (śárūṇām)
locative	शरौ (śárau)	शर्वोः (śárvoḥ)	शरुषु (śáruṣu)
vocative	शरो (śáro)	शरू (śárū)	शरवः (śáravaḥ)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Hindi: सर (sar, “arrow”)