सूत्र
Hindi
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suːt̪ɾ/
Noun
सूत्र • (sūtra) m
- thread, yarn, string
- a source, reference; text
- (Hinduism) sutra: a rule
- (mathematics) formula
- प्रारंभिक सूत्र ― prārambhik sūtra ― basic formulae
- (chemistry) formula
- Synonym: रसायनिक सूत्र (rasāyanik sūtra)
Declension
| Declension of सूत्र | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Direct | सूत्र (sūtra) | सूत्र (sūtra) |
| Oblique | सूत्र (sūtra) | सूत्रों (sūtrõ) |
| Vocative | सूत्र (sūtra) | सूत्रो (sūtro) |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सूत्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *súHtram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHtram, from Proto-Indo-European *súh₁trom, from *syuh₁- (“to sew”). Synchronically derivable from the root सिव् (siv, “to sew”), and connected with सूचि (sūci) and सूना (sūnā).
Pronunciation
Noun
सूत्र • (sū́tra) n
- thread, yarn, string, line, cord, wire
- a measuring line
- सूत्रपात (sū́tra-pāta) — applying the measuring line
- the sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes (compare यज्ञोपवीत (yajño-pavīta))
- a girdle
- a fibre
- a line, stroke
- a sketch, plan
- that which like a thread runs through or holds together everything, rule, direction
- a short sentence or aphoristic rule, and any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules; hanging together like threads; or, alternatively, written on palm leaves which are strung together sutra
- a kind of tree
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of सूत्र (sū́tra) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | सूत्रम् sū́tram |
सूत्रे sū́tre |
सूत्राणि / सूत्रा¹ sū́trāṇi / sū́trā¹ |
| Vocative | सूत्र sū́tra |
सूत्रे sū́tre |
सूत्राणि / सूत्रा¹ sū́trāṇi / sū́trā¹ |
| Accusative | सूत्रम् sū́tram |
सूत्रे sū́tre |
सूत्राणि / सूत्रा¹ sū́trāṇi / sū́trā¹ |
| Instrumental | सूत्रेण sū́treṇa |
सूत्राभ्याम् sū́trābhyām |
सूत्रैः / सूत्रेभिः¹ sū́traiḥ / sū́trebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | सूत्राय sū́trāya |
सूत्राभ्याम् sū́trābhyām |
सूत्रेभ्यः sū́trebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | सूत्रात् sū́trāt |
सूत्राभ्याम् sū́trābhyām |
सूत्रेभ्यः sū́trebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | सूत्रस्य sū́trasya |
सूत्रयोः sū́trayoḥ |
सूत्राणाम् sū́trāṇām |
| Locative | सूत्रे sū́tre |
सूत्रयोः sū́trayoḥ |
सूत्रेषु sū́treṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1241
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