सुर

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

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sʊɾ/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

सुर • (sur) m

1. sound, tone, note

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   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)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुर (sura).

Noun

सुर • (sur) m

1. a god, sura

   Antonym: असुर (asur)

References

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

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Sanskrit

Noun

सुर • (sura) stem, m

1. god, divinity
2. idol
3. (symbolically) thirty-three
4. sage
5. sun

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सुर
Nom. sg.	सुरः (suraḥ)
Gen. sg.	सुरस्य (surasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सुरः (suraḥ)	सुरौ (surau)	सुराः (surāḥ)
Vocative	सुर (sura)	सुरौ (surau)	सुराः (surāḥ)
Accusative	सुरम् (suram)	सुरौ (surau)	सुरान् (surān)
Instrumental	सुरेन (surena)	सुराभ्याम् (surābhyām)	सुरैः (suraiḥ)
Dative	सुराय (surāya)	सुराभ्याम् (surābhyām)	सुरेभ्यः (surebhyaḥ)
Ablative	सुरात् (surāt)	सुराभ्याम् (surābhyām)	सुरेभ्यः (surebhyaḥ)
Genitive	सुरस्य (surasya)	सुरयोः (surayoḥ)	सुरानाम् (surānām)
Locative	सुरे (sure)	सुरयोः (surayoḥ)	सुरेषु (sureṣu)

Descendants

• Balinese: ᬲᬸᬭ (sura)