स्वर्

See also: सवेरे, स्वर, and सवेरा

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋɐɽ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋɐɽ/

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋɐ́ɽ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋɐɽ/

Root

स्वर् • (svar)

Alternative spelling of सुर् (sur)
to make music

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *súHar, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHar (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭‎‎ (huuar‎), Persian (xvar)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with Old English sōl, Old Norse sól, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 (sauil), Old Church Slavonic слъньцє (slŭnĭce), Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios), Latin sōl.

Noun

स्वर् • (svár)

sun
sunshine, light
sky, heaven (RV., etc.)
space between the sun and the polar star, as the third of the व्याहृति (vyāhṛti, “names of the upper worlds used as mystical utterance”) (Mn., MBh., etc.)
water (Naigh.)
a name of Shiva (MBh.)

Derived terms

सूर्य (sūrya)

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 1281

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