# सर
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /səɾ/, [sɐɾ]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian سر (sar). Cognate with Sanskrit शिरस् (śiras). Doublet of सिर (sir, “head”) and सिरा (sirā, “beginning”).

#### Noun

सर • (sar) m (Urdu spelling سر)
* (anatomy) head
    Synonym: सिर (sir)
* top, tip, point
* head, chief
* (figuratively) conquer, subdue, overpower, win
* one of the four top-valued playing cards

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit सर (sara).

#### Noun

सर • (sar) m (Urdu spelling سر)
* arrow

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit सरस् (saras).

#### Noun

सर • (sar) m (Urdu spelling سر)
* lake

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from English sir.

#### Noun

सर • (sar) m (Urdu spelling سر)
* sir

### Etymology 5

Borrowed from Sanskrit शर (śara)

#### Noun

सर • (sar) m (Urdu spelling سر)
* Alternative spelling of शर (śar)

##### Declension
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* sara (Latin script)
* 𑀲𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* সর (Bengali script)
* සර (Sinhalese script)
* သရ (Burmese script)
* สร or สะระ (Thai script)
* ᩈᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ສຣ or ສະຣະ (Lao script)
* សរ (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Noun

सर m
* Devanagari script form of sara (“arrow”)
* Devanagari script form of sara (“sound”)
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:तत्थ अक्खरेसु अकारादीसु ओदन्ता अत्थ सरा नाम होन्ति।Tattha akkharesu akārādīsu odantā aṭṭha sarā nāma honti.There amongst the letters are eight vowels, namely starting with 'a' and ending with 'o'
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, page 18; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:सरम्‌हा परस्स ब्यञ्जनस्स द्वेभावो होति ठाने ।saram‌hā parassa byañjanassa dvebhāvo hoti ṭhāne.There is doubling of a consonant after a vowel when appropriate.

### Noun

सर m or n
* Devanagari script form of sara, which is alternative citation form of सरस् (saras, “lake”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬭ (Balinese script)
* সর (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* သရ (Burmese script)
* સર (Gujarati script)
* ਸਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಸರ (Kannada script)
* សរ (Khmer script)
* ສຣ (Lao script)
* സര (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐬 (Newa script)
* ସର (Odia script)
* ꢱꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖨 (Siddham script)
* සර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚤 (Takri script)
* ஸர (Tamil script)
* సర (Telugu script)
* สร (Thai script)
* ས་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root सृ (sṛ, “to run; glide”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐ.ɾɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

### Adjective

सर • (sará) stem
* springer, runner
* flower, speeder, glider, mover

#### Declension
### Noun

सर • (sará) stem, m
* sound
* arrow
* water