सरासर
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian سَرَاسَر (sarāsar).[1] First attested in c. 1564[2] as Middle Hindi سراسر (srasr /sarāsar/).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]सरासर • (sarāsar) (Urdu spelling سَراسَر)[3][4][5]
- totally, completely, entirely, through-and-through
- सरासर झूठ ― sarāsar jhūṭh ― completely false
References
[edit]More information
- ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “sarāsar”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 756.
- ^ “سراسر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सरासर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 742
- ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सरासर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4999
- ^ “सरासर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.