शारदा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शारदा (śāradā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.ɾə.d̪ɑː/, [ʃäː.ɾɐ.d̪äː], /ʃɑːɾ.d̪ɑː/, [ʃäːɾ.d̪äː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

शारदा • (śārdā) f (Urdu spelling شاردا)

1. (Hinduism) epithet of सरस्वती (sarasvatī, “Saraswati”)
   • 1977, “माता सरस्वती शारदा [mātā sarasvatī śārdā]”, in आलाप [ālāp], performed by लता मंगेशकर & दिलराज कौर [latā maṅgeśkar & dilrāj kaur]:

     हे माता सरस्वती शारदा / विद्या दानी, दयानी, दुःख हरिणी / जगत जननी, ज्वालामुखी / माता सरस्वती शारदा

     he mātā sarasvatī śārdā / vidyā dānī, dayānī, duḥkh hariṇī / jagat jannī, jvālāmukhī / mātā sarasvatī śārdā

     Oh, Goddess Saraswati / Giver of knowledge, compassionate, remover of sorrows, / Mother of the universe / Goddess Saraswati

2. a female given name, Sharada, from Sanskrit
3. Sharada; a script used for writing Sanskrit and Kashmiri in the northwestern Indian subcontinent.
   • 2008, रामविलास शर्मा [rāmvilās śarmā], भारत के प्राचीन भाषा परिवार और हिंदी [bhārat ke prācīn bhāṣā parivār aur hindī], page 312:

     इस स्वर - व्यवस्था को लिखित रूप देने के लिए शारदा लिपि का व्यवहार होता था । ग्रियर्सन ने अपने सर्वेक्षण - ग्रन्थ के वें खण्ड के दूसरे भाग में दरद भाषाओं का विवेचन करते हुए स्वीकार किया है कि कश्मीरी स्वरों के लिए शारदा लिपि में सभी चिन्ह मौजूद हैं । यह लिपि नागरी से मिलती - जुलती है ।

     is svar - vyavasthā ko likhit rūp dene ke lie śārdā lipi kā vyavhār hotā thā . griyarsan ne apne sarvekṣaṇ - granth ke vẽ khaṇḍ ke dūsre bhāg mẽ darad bhāṣāõ kā vivecan karte hue svīkār kiyā hai ki kaśmīrī svarõ ke lie śārdā lipi mẽ sabhī cinha maujūd ha͠i . yah lipi nāgrī se miltī - jultī hai .

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Declension

Declension of शारदा (sg-only fem ā-stem)

	singular
direct	शारदा śārdā
oblique	शारदा śārdā
vocative	शारदा śārdā

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “शारदां”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शारदा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “शारदा”, in Hindwi Dictionary [including the languages of Hindi region] (in Hindi), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शारदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “शारदा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “शारदा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.