# सहस्र
## Hindi
### Alternative forms

* सहस्त्र (sahastra) — hypercorrect

### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahasra). Doublet of हज़ार (hazār).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sə.ɦəs.ɾᵊ/, [sɛ.ɦɛs.ɾᵊ]
* (hypercorrect) (Delhi) IPA: /sə.ɦəs.t̪ɾᵊ/, [sɛ.ɦɛs.t̪ɾᵊ]

### Numeral

सहस्र • (sahasra) m (Urdu spelling سہسر) (cardinal)
* (formal) thousand
    Synonym: हज़ार (hazār)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সহস্ৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬳᬲ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
* সহস্র (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰮𑰭𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* သဟသြ (Burmese script)
* સહસ્ર (Gujarati script)
* ਸਹਸ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦲꦱꦿ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂯𑂮𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಹಸ್ರ (Kannada script)
* សហស្រ (Khmer script)
* ສຫສ຺ຣ (Lao script)
* സഹസ്ര (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠰ᠌ᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘮𑘭𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠠᠾᠠᠰᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧎𑧍𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐴𑐳𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
* ସହସ୍ର (Odia script)
* ꢱꢲꢱ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆲𑆱𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖮𑖭𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
* සහස්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑪂𑪁 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚩𑚨𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
* ஸஹஸ்ர (Tamil script)
* సహస్ర (Telugu script)
* สหสฺร (Thai script)
* ས་ཧ་སྲ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒯𑒮𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨱𑨰𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *saȷ́ʰásram (“thousand”), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-ǵʰéslom, from *ǵʰéslom. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀 (hazaŋra), Persian هزار (hezâr), Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi), Latin mīlle.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐ.ɦɐ́s.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪ɐ.ɦɐs̪.ɾɐ/

### Numeral

सहस्र • (sahásra) n (rarely m)
* a thousand
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.62.8:प्र नू॒नं जा॑यताम॒यं मनु॒स्तोक्मे॑व रोहतु। यः स॒हस्रं॑ श॒ताश्वं॑ स॒द्यो दा॒नाय॒ मंह॑ते॥prá nūnáṃ jāyatāmayáṃ mánustókmeva rohatu. yáḥ sahásraṃ śatā́śvaṃ sadyó dānā́ya máṃhate.May this Manu (Sāvarṇi) quickly be born, may he increase like (well- watered) seed, who sends meat once a thousand and a hundred horses for a present.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic

### Adjective

सहस्र • (sahásra) stem
* a thousandth or the thousandth
    Synonym: सहस्रतम (sahasratamá)

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra)
** Prakrit: (see there for further descendants)
    Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa)
    Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀰𑀳𑀰𑁆𑀰 (śahaśśa)
    Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa)
    Paisaci Prakrit: 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa)
    Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa)
*** Pali: sahassa
*** Prakrit: sahasira > sāsira
**** → Old Kannada: ಸಾಸಿರ (sāsira)
***** Kannada: ಸಾವಿರ (sāvira)
**** → Tulu: ಸಾವಿರ (sāvira), ಸಾರ (sāra)
**** → Old Tamil:
***** Tamil: ஆயிரம் (āyiram)
***** Malayalam: ആയിരം (āyiraṁ)
* Dhivehi: ހާސް (hās)
* Kashmiri: ساس (sās)
* Punjabi: ਸਹੰਸ (sahansa) (archaic)
* Saraiki: سَیہِنس (saihins)
* → Bengali: সহস্র (śôhôśrô)
* → Gujarati: સહસ્ત્ર (sahastra)
* → Hindi: सहस्र (sahasra)
* → Marathi: सहस्र (sahasra)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘭𑘮𑘭𑘿𑘨 (sahasra), 𑘭𑘰𑘭𑘿𑘨 (sāsra), 𑘭𑘰𑘮𑘭𑘿𑘨 (sāhasra)
* → Nepali: सहस्र (sahasra)
* → Punjabi: ਸਹੰਸਰ (sahansar)
* → Telugu: సహస్రము (sahasramu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “सहस्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1195, column 2.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sahásra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 768