सुर
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sʊɾ/
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit स्वर (svara), from स्वृ (svṛ).
Noun
सुर • (sur) m
- sound, tone, note
- उसने अपना सुर अभी भी नहीं बदला है।
- usne apnā sur abhī bhī nahī̃ badlā hai.
- He's still saying the same thing.
- (literally, “He has not changed his tone even now.”)
- tune, melody; a song
- (music) a note
- Synonym: स्वर (svar)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सुर sur |
सुर sur |
| oblique | सुर sur |
सुरों surõ |
| vocative | सुर sur |
सुरो suro |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit सुर (sura).
Noun
सुर • (sur) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सुर sur |
सुर sur |
| oblique | सुर sur |
सुरों surõ |
| vocative | सुर sur |
सुरो suro |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सुर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1029
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সুৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬸᬭ (Balinese script)
- সুর (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰲𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀼𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- သုရ (Burmese script)
- સુર (Gujarati script)
- ਸੁਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍁𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦸꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂳𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಸುರ (Kannada script)
- សុរ (Khmer script)
- ສຸຣ (Lao script)
- സുര (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᡠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘳𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠤᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧔𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐸𑐬 (Newa script)
- ସୁର (Odia script)
- ꢱꢸꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆶𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖲𑖨 (Siddham script)
- සුර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩒𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚰𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஸுர (Tamil script)
- సుర (Telugu script)
- สุร (Thai script)
- སུ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒳𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨃𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably from स्वर् (svar, “heaven”), or from असुर (asura) as an antonym, cf. Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎 (ahu, “lord; life, existence”) and 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 (ahura, “lord”), Hittite 𒈗 (ḫaššū, “king”), Old Norse æsir (“gods”) and Old English ōs (“god”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ens- (“to engender, beget”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /su.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪u.ɾɐ/
Noun
सुर • (sura) stem, m
- god, divine, deity
- idol
- (symbolically) thirty-three
- sage, learned man
- the image of a god, an idol
- sun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सुरः (suraḥ) | सुरौ (surau) सुरा¹ (surā¹) |
सुराः (surāḥ) सुरासः¹ (surāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | सुरम् (suram) | सुरौ (surau) सुरा¹ (surā¹) |
सुरान् (surān) |
| instrumental | सुरेण (sureṇa) | सुराभ्याम् (surābhyām) | सुरैः (suraiḥ) सुरेभिः¹ (surebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | सुराय (surāya) | सुराभ्याम् (surābhyām) | सुरेभ्यः (surebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सुरात् (surāt) | सुराभ्याम् (surābhyām) | सुरेभ्यः (surebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सुरस्य (surasya) | सुरयोः (surayoḥ) | सुराणाम् (surāṇām) |
| locative | सुरे (sure) | सुरयोः (surayoḥ) | सुरेषु (sureṣu) |
| vocative | सुर (sura) | सुरौ (surau) सुरा¹ (surā¹) |
सुराः (surāḥ) सुरासः¹ (surāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- सुरालय (surālaya, “paradise, heaven”)