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

• (Delhi) 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