त्सर्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ত্সৰ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬢ᭄ᬲᬃ (Balinese script)
• ত্সর্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰿𑰭𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑁆𑀲𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• တ္သရ် (Burmese script)
• ત્સર્ (Gujarati script)
• ਤ੍ਸਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦠ꧀ꦱꦂ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂹𑂮𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ತ್ಸರ್ (Kannada script)
• ត្សរ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຕ຺ສຣ຺ (Lao script)
• ത്സര് (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠰ᠌ᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘿𑘭𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠰᠠᠷ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧠𑧍𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑑂𑐳𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• ତ୍ସର୍ (Odia script)
• ꢡ꣄ꢱꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑇀𑆱𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖿𑖭𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ත‍්සර් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫 𑪙𑪁𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚶𑚨𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• த்ஸர் (Tamil script)
• త్సర్ (Telugu script)
• ตฺสรฺ (Thai script)
• ཏྶ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑓂𑒮𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑩇𑨰𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tsar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tsar-, from Proto-Indo-European *tsel- (“to sneak”). Cognate with Old Armenian սողիմ (sołim, “to creep”), and possibly Proto-Germanic *stelaną, whence Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (stilan), Old Norse stela (Danish stjæle, Swedish stjäla), German stehlen, and Old English stelan (English steal).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tsɐɾ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪s̪ɐɾ/

Root

त्सर् • (tsar)

1. to sneak
2. to creep on
3. to go or approach stealthily

Derived terms

• त्सरति (tsárati)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “त्सर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 464/2.