सागर

See also: सींगार

Awadhi

Etymology

Sanskrit सागर (sāgara).

Noun

सागर (sāgar) m

1. sea
2. collection, repository
   • c. 1600, Tulsidas, Hanumān cālīsā :

     जय हनुमान ज्ञान गुन सागर
     जय कपीस तिहुँ लोक उजागर

     jay hanumān jñān gun sāgar
     jay kapīs tihũ lok ujāgar

     Victory to Thee, O Hanuman, the ocean of wisdom and virtue.
     Victory to the Lord of apes, the one who is known in the three worlds.

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Bhojpuri

Etymology

Sanskrit सागर (sāgara).

Noun

सागर (sāgar) m

1. sea

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सागर (sāgara).

Noun

सागर • (sāgar) m (Urdu spelling ساگر)

1. ocean, sea

   सागर में एक बूँद के समान है।

   sāgar mẽ ek bū̃d ke samān hai.

   It is like a drop in the ocean.

2. (figuratively) a repository, store, or collection of something

   शब्दसागर

   śabdsāgar

   sea of words; dictionary

Synonyms

• समुद्र (samudra)

References

• John T. Platts (2012 March 9 (last accessed)) “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]

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Sanskrit

Etymology

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Noun

सागर • (sāgara) stem, m

1. ocean

Synonyms

• अर्णव (arṇava) ("foamy (sea)")
• समुद्र (samudra)

Descendants

• Assamese: হাৱৰ (hawor)
• → Assamese: সাগৰ (xagor)
• → Bengali: সাগর (śagor)
  • → Rohingya: cáigor
  • → Sylheti: ꠡꠣꠉꠞ (śagor)

→ Hindi-Urdu:

• • Hindi: सागर m (sāgar)
  • Urdu: ساگر m
• → Javanese: segara
• → Malay: segara
• → Sindhi: ساگر m
• Sinhalese: සාගරය (sāgaraya)
• Sylheti: ꠀꠅꠞ (aor)
  • → English: haor