शर्वर
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- শৰ্বৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬃᬯᬭ (Balinese script)
- শর্বর (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰨𑰿𑰪𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀭𑁆𑀯𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ၐရွရ (Burmese script)
- શર્વર (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਰ੍ਵਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦂꦮꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂩𑂹𑂫𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಶರ್ವರ (Kannada script)
- ឝវ៌រ (Khmer script)
- ຨຣ຺ວຣ (Lao script)
- ശര്വര (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᡵᠣᠸᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘨𑘿𑘪𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᠷᢦᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧈𑧠𑧊𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐬𑑂𑐰𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଶର୍ଵର (Odia script)
- ꢯꢬ꣄ꢮꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆫𑇀𑆮𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖨𑖿𑖪𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ශර්වර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩼 𑪙𑩾𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚤𑚶𑚦𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஶர்வர (Tamil script)
- శర్వర (Telugu script)
- ศรฺวร (Thai script)
- ཤ་རྭ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒩𑓂𑒫𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨫𑩇𑨭𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Uncertain. Maybe related to शबल (śabála) and further to Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerberó- (“piebald”).
Adjective
शर्वर • (śarvara) stem
- variegated, spotted (L.)
Noun
शर्वर • (śarvara) stem, n
- darkness (L.)
- the God of love (?) (L.)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शर्वर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1058, column 3.