सरस्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáras, from late, southern dialectal Proto-Indo-European *sélos ~ *séles (“marsh”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕλος (hélos, “marsh-meadow”), Old Armenian եղտիւր (ełtiwr, “marsh”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ́.ɾɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ.ɾɐs̪/

Noun

सरस् • (sáras) stem, n

1. pond, lake
2. pool, tank, pail of water
3. a large sheet of water
4. anything flowing or fluid

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of सरस् (sáras)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सरः sáraḥ	सरसी sárasī	सरांसि sárāṃsi
Vocative	सरः sáraḥ	सरसी sárasī	सरांसि sárāṃsi
Accusative	सरः sáraḥ	सरसी sárasī	सरांसि sárāṃsi
Instrumental	सरसा sárasā	सरोभ्याम् sárobhyām	सरोभिः sárobhiḥ
Dative	सरसे sárase	सरोभ्याम् sárobhyām	सरोभ्यः sárobhyaḥ
Ablative	सरसः sárasaḥ	सरोभ्याम् sárobhyām	सरोभ्यः sárobhyaḥ
Genitive	सरसः sárasaḥ	सरसोः sárasoḥ	सरसाम् sárasām
Locative	सरसि sárasi	सरसोः sárasoḥ	सरःसु sáraḥsu

Derived terms

• सरोवर (sarovara, “lake”)

Related terms

• सरस्वती (sárasvatī, literally “she with many pools”) (inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáraswatiH).

Descendants

• Old Marathi: सरा (sarā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सरस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1182/2.