# शरण
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शरण (śaraṇá).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʃə.ɾəɳ/, [ʃɐ.ɾɐ̃ɳ]

### Noun

शरण • (śaraṇ) f (Urdu spelling شرن)
* shelter, refuge
    हमने छत के नीचे शरण ली।hamne chat ke nīce śaraṇ lī.We took shelter under the roof.

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शरण”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শৰণ (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬭᬡ (Balinese script)
* শরণ (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰨𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* ၐရဏ (Burmese script)
* શરણ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ਰਣ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑌰𑌣 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦫꦟ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂩𑂝 (Kaithi script)
* ಶರಣ (Kannada script)
* ឝរណ (Khmer script)
* ຨຣຓ (Lao script)
* ശരണ (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᠠᡵᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘨𑘜 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠠᠷᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧈𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐬𑐞 (Newa script)
* ଶରଣ (Odia script)
* ꢯꢬꢠ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆫𑆟 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖨𑖜 (Siddham script)
* ශරණ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩼𑩪 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚤𑚘 (Takri script)
* ஶரண (Tamil script)
* శరణ (Telugu script)
* ศรณ (Thai script)
* ཤ་ར་ཎ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒩𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨫𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕɐ.ɾɐ.ɳɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɕɐ.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śaranás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćaranás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, conceal”). Cognate with Latin color, Proto-Germanic *helmaz (whence English helmet, also partially derived from Old French). Compare also English color, a word derived from Latin.

#### Adjective

शरण • (śaraṇá) stem
* protecting, guarding, defending

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

शरण • (śaraṇa) stem, m
* name of a serpent-demon
* name of a poet
* name of a king

#### Noun

शरण • (śaraṇá) stem, n
* shelter, place of shelter or refuge or rest, hut, house, habitation, abode, lair (of an animal), home, asylum
* refuge, protection, refuge with
    śaraṇaṃ √gam or √yā or √i etc — to go to any one for protection, seek refuge with (+accusative or genitive; often at the end of a compound)
** c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 18.66:सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रजsarvadharmānparityajya māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajaAbandoning all mores, come only to me to take refuge
* water
* (with इन्द्रस्य (indrasya)) name of a सामन् (sāman)

##### Declension
#### Descendants

* Pali: saraṇa
* → Hindi: शरण (śaraṇ)
* → Urdu: شرن (śaran)
* → Bengali: শরণ (śoron)
* → Old Javanese: śaraṇa
** > Javanese: ꦱꦫꦤ (sarana) (inherited)
*** → Indonesian: sarana, serana
**** → Malay: sarana

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “शरण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1057, column 1.

### Etymology 2

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#### Noun

शरण • (śaraṇa) stem, m
* one of the arrows of Kamadeva

##### Declension
#### Noun

शरण • (śaraṇa) stem, n
* falling asunder, bursting, falling in
* killing, slaying
* what slays or injures

##### Declension
#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “शरण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1056, column 3.