सुर

See also: सर, सारा, सिर, सूरा, and सार

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sʊɾ/

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit स्वर (svara), from स्वृ (svṛ).

Noun

सुर • (sur) m

1. sound, tone, note

   उसने अपना सुर अभी भी नहीं बदला है।

   usne apnā sur abhī bhī nahī̃ badlā hai.

   He's still saying the same thing.

   (literally, “He has not changed his tone even now.”)

2. tune, melody; a song
3. (music) a note

   Synonym: स्वर (svar)

Declension

Declension of सुर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सुर sur	सुर sur
oblique	सुर sur	सुरों surõ
vocative	सुर sur	सुरो suro

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुर (sura).

Noun

सुर • (sur) m

1. a god, deva

   Antonym: असुर (asur)

Declension

Declension of सुर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सुर sur	सुर sur
oblique	सुर sur	सुरों surõ
vocative	सुर sur	सुरो suro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सुर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1029

Sanskrit

Etymology

Probably from स्वर् (svar, “heaven”) or सित (sita, “pure, white”). Also surmised to be formed from असुर (asura) as an antonym, cf. Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎 (ahu, “lord; life, existence”) and 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 (ahura, “lord”), Hittite 𒈗 (ḥaššū, “king”), Old Norse æsir (“gods”) and Old English ōs (“god”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ens- (“to engender, beget”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /su.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪u.ɾɐ/

Noun

सुर • (sura) stem, m

1. god, divine, deity
2. idol
3. (symbolically) thirty-three
4. sage, learned man
5. the image of a god, an idol
6. sun

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सुर (sura)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सुरः suraḥ	सुरौ / सुरा¹ surau / surā¹	सुराः / सुरासः¹ surāḥ / surāsaḥ¹
Vocative	सुर sura	सुरौ / सुरा¹ surau / surā¹	सुराः / सुरासः¹ surāḥ / surāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सुरम् suram	सुरौ / सुरा¹ surau / surā¹	सुरान् surān
Instrumental	सुरेण sureṇa	सुराभ्याम् surābhyām	सुरैः / सुरेभिः¹ suraiḥ / surebhiḥ¹
Dative	सुराय surāya	सुराभ्याम् surābhyām	सुरेभ्यः surebhyaḥ
Ablative	सुरात् surāt	सुराभ्याम् surābhyām	सुरेभ्यः surebhyaḥ
Genitive	सुरस्य surasya	सुरयोः surayoḥ	सुराणाम् surāṇām
Locative	सुरे sure	सुरयोः surayoḥ	सुरेषु sureṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Balinese: ᬲᬸᬭ (sura)
• Hindi: सुर (sur)