स्वर्

See also: सवेरे, स्वर, and सवेरा

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋɐɾ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋɐɾ/

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋɐ́ɾ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋɐɾ/

Root

स्वर् • (svar)

1. Alternative spelling of सुर् (sur)
2. to make music

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *súHar, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHar (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭‎ (huuar‎), Persian خور (xvar)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with Old English sōl, Old Norse sól, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 (sauil), Old Church Slavonic слъньцє (slŭnĭce), Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios), Latin sōl.

Noun

स्वर् • (svàr) (metrically súvar)

1. sun

   उचिनायाम् स्वर् तप्तः अस्ति। ― ucināyām súvar taptáḥ ásti. ― In Okinawa, the sun is hot.

2. sunshine, light
3. sky, heaven (RV., etc.)
4. space between the sun and the polar star, as the third of the व्याहृति (vyāhṛti, “names of the upper worlds used as mystical utterance”) (Mn., MBh., etc.)
5. water (Naigh.)
6. a name of Shiva (MBh.)

Derived terms

• सूर्य (sū́rya)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्वर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1281.