सारा

See also: सर, सिर, सुर, सूरा, and सार

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀭 (sāra, “all, whole”), from Sanskrit सार (sā́ra, “best part”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɑː.ɾɑː/, [säː.ɾäː]

Determiner

सारा • (sārā) (Urdu spelling سارا)

1. whole, entire

   सारा दिन ― sārā din ― all day

2. (in the plural) all

   Synonym: सब (sab)

   सारे लोग ― sāre log ― all of the people

Declension

Declension of सारा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	सारा sārā	सारे sāre	सारी sārī	सारी sārī
oblique	सारे sāre	सारे sāre	सारी sārī	सारी sārī
vocative	सारे sāre	सारे sāre	सारी sārī	सारी sārī

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सारा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sāˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׂרָה (sará).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ɾa/

Proper noun

सारा • (sārā) f

1. a female given name, Sara, from Hebrew, of Jewish usage

Declension

Declension of सारा (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	सारा sārā
direct plural	सारा sārā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	सारा sārā		सारा sārā
oblique सामान्यरूप	सारे sāre		सारां- sārān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	सारेला sārelā		सारांना sārānnā
ergative	सारेने, सारेनं sārene, sārena		सारांनी sārānnī
instrumental	सारेशी sāreśī		सारांशी sārānśī
locative सप्तमी	सारेत sāret		सारांत sārāt
vocative संबोधन	सारे sāre		सारांनो sārānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of सारा (fem ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	सारेचा sāreċā	सारेचे sāreċe	सारेची sārecī	सारेच्या sārecā	सारेचे, सारेचं sāreċe, sāreċa	सारेची sārecī	सारेच्या sārecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	सारांचा sārānċā	सारांचे sārānċe	सारांची sārāñcī	सारांच्या sārāncā	सारांचे, सारांचं sārānċe, sārānċa	सारांची sārāñcī	सारांच्या sārāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.