स्वर्

See also: स्वर

Sanskrit

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHar (sun), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (sun). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭 (huuar), Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios), Latin sōl, Persian خور (xvar), English sun. Doublet of हेलि (heli).

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Noun

स्वर् • (svàr) stem, m (metrically súvar)

  1. the sun
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.14.4:
      अग्निर्जातो अरोचत घ्नन्दस्यूञ्ज्योतिषा तमः ।
      अविन्दद्गा अपः स्वः
      agnirjāto arocata ghnandasyūñjyotiṣā tamaḥ.
      avindadgā apaḥ svaḥ.
      Agni shone bright when born, with light killing the Dasyus and the darkness:
      He found the Kine, the Waters, the Sun.
  2. sunshine, light
  3. sky, heaven
  4. space between the sun and the polar star, as the third of the व्याहृति (vyāhṛti, names of the upper worlds used as mystical utterance)
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Proper noun

स्वर् • (svar) stem, m

  1. a name of Shiva
Derived terms
  • स्वरतिक्रम (svaratikrama, stepping beyond heaven)
  • स्वरधीत (svaradhīta, reaching heaven)
  • स्वरापगा (svarāpagā, river of heaven, the Ganges)
  • स्वर्ग (svargá, heaven)
  • स्वर्गत (svargata, being in heaven; gone to heaven; dead)
  • स्वर्गमन (svargamana, going to heaven; death)
  • स्वर्वत् (svàrvat, bright, shining, celestial)
  • स्वर्वैद्य (svarvaidya, physician of heaven; either of the two Aśvins)

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Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *swer- (to resound; whistle; shout loudly; swear). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *svãrъ (quarrel, strife, trouble); Latin sermō; English swear, (an)swer.

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Root

स्वर् • (svar)

  1. to sound, resound, utter a sound
  2. to sing praises of
Derived terms

References

  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 202
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्वर्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्वर्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
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