सुराग़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• सुराग (surāg)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سراغ (surāğ), from a Turkic source. Compare Ottoman Turkish سراغ (soraɣ), Kazakh сұрақ (sūraq).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sʊ.ɾɑːɣ/, [sʊ.ɾäːɣ], /sʊ.ɾɑːɡ/, [sʊ.ɾäːɡ]

Noun

सुराग़ • (surāġ) m (Urdu spelling سراغ)

1. sign, trace, clue
2. search, enquiry
3. spying

Declension

Declension of सुराग़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सुराग़ surāġ	सुराग़ surāġ
oblique	सुराग़ surāġ	सुराग़ों surāġõ
vocative	सुराग़ surāġ	सुराग़ो surāġo

Derived terms

• सुराग़ लगाना (surāġ lagānā, “to search out”)
• सुराग़ मिलना (surāġ milnā, “to be on the track”)

References

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