सरल

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit सरल (sarala).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɾəl/, [sɐ.ɾɐl]

Adjective

सरल • (saral) (Urdu spelling سرل)

1. easy

   Synonym: आसान (āsān)

   Antonyms: कठिन (kaṭhin), मुश्किल (muśkil)

2. simple, straightforward

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   हिंदी भाषा का व्याकरण सरल है।

   hindī bhāṣā kā vyākraṇ saral hai.

   The grammar of Hindi is simple.

3. straight

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   रेत में उसने एक सरल रेखा बनाई।

   ret mẽ usne ek saral rekhā banāī.

   He made a straight line in the sand.

   Synonym: सीधा (sīdhā)

Derived terms

• सरलता (saraltā)
  • सरलतापूर्वक (saraltāpūrvak)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सरल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “सरल”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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Sanskrit

Adjective

सरल • (sarala)

1. ‘running on’, straight (not ‘crooked’).
2. outstretched.
3. right, correct.
4. upright, sincere, candid, honest, artless, simple.
5. real (not ‘ sham ’).
6. = विगीत L.

Noun

सरल • (sarala) stem, m

1. a species of pine tree, Pinus roxburghii.
2. a kind of bird, the grey peacock-pheasant ( L., now Polyplectron bicalcaratum)
3. fire.
4. a बुद्ध.
5. turpeth ( L.)
6. Name of a river.

Noun

सरल • (sarala) stem, n

1. resin of the pine.
2. a particular high number.

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.