# सिरा
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sɪ.ɾɑː/, [sɪ.ɾäː]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit शिरस् (śíras). Doublet of सिर (sir), सर (sar), शिरस् (śiras), and शिर (śir).

#### Noun

सिरा • (sirā) m (Urdu spelling سِرا)
* beginning, inception
    सिरे से ― sire se ― from the outset
* head, front
* edge (of any area); tip

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिरा (sirā́).

#### Noun

सिरा • (sirā) f (Urdu spelling سِرا) (formal)
* (anatomy) a blood vessel
* an irrigation channel
* a bucket, baling vessel
    Synonym: बाल्टी (bālṭī)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

सिरा • (sirā) m
* (Bihar) alternative form of शीरा (śīrā)

### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सिरा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सिरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “सिरा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* “सिरा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* sirā (Latin script)
* 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* সিরা (Bengali script)
* සිරා (Sinhalese script)
* သိရာ or သိရႃ (Burmese script)
* สิรา (Thai script)
* ᩈᩥᩁᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ສິຣາ (Lao script)
* សិរា (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄨𑄢𑄂 (Chakma script)

### Noun

सिरा f
* Devanagari script form of sirā (“vein”)

#### Declension
### Noun

सिरा
* Devanagari script form of sirā, ablative singular of सिरस् (siras, “head”)
* Devanagari script form of sirā, vocative singular of सिरस् (siras, “head”)

## Prakrit
### Noun

सिरा (sirā) f
* Devanagari script form of 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* शिरा (śirā)

### Alternative scripts

* সিৰা (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬶᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
* সিরা (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰰𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* သိရာ (Burmese script)
* સિરા (Gujarati script)
* ਸਿਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌿𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦶꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂱𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಿರಾ (Kannada script)
* សិរា (Khmer script)
* ສິຣາ (Lao script)
* സിരാ (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᡳᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘱𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠢᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧒𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐶𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
* ସିରା (Odia script)
* ꢱꢶꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆴𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖰𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
* සිරා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩑𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚮𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
* ஸிரா (Tamil script)
* సిరా (Telugu script)
* สิรา (Thai script)
* སི་རཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒱𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨁𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Related to सीरा (sīrā́), further etymology unclear.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /si.ɾɑ́ː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪i.ɾɑː/

### Noun

सिरा • (sirā́) stem, f
* a stream
* (anatomy) any tubular vessel of the body
** a vein
** an artery
** a nerve
** a tendon
* a vein-like channel or narrow stream of river water
* a bucket, baling-vessel

#### Descendants

* Pali: sirā
* Prakrit: सिरा (sirā), 𑀙𑀺𑀭𑀸 (chirā)
** Gujarati: સેર (ser)
** Marathi: शीर (śīr)
** Bengali: শিরা (śira)
** Odia: ସିରା (sirā)
** Assamese: সিৰ (xir)
* → Tamil: சிரை (cirai)
* → Malayalam: ശിര (śira), സിര (sira)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “सिरा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1217, column 1.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “sirā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सिरा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सिरा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 731
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sirāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press