सरोज

See also: सूरज and सूर्जे

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सरोज (saroja).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɾoːd͡ʒ/, [sɐ.ɾoːd͡ʒ]

Proper noun

सरोज • (saroj) f

1. a female given name, Saroj, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of सरोज (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सरोज saroj	सरोजें sarojẽ
oblique	सरोज saroj	सरोजों sarojõ
vocative	सरोज saroj	सरोजो sarojo

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʌɾo(d)z]
• Phonetic Devanagari: सरोज्

Proper noun

सरोज • (saroj)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of सरोज
	Singular
nominative	सरोज [sʌɾo(d)z]
accusative	सरोजलाई [sʌɾo(d)zläi]
instrumental/ergative	सरोजले [sʌɾo(d)zle]
dative	सरोजलाई [sʌɾo(d)zläi]
ablative	सरोजबाट [sʌɾo(d)zbäʈʌ]
genitive	सरोजको [sʌɾo(d)zko]
locative	सरोजमा [sʌɾo(d)zmä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Sanskrit

Etymology

From सरस् (saras, “water”) +‎ ज (ja, “born from, produced by”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.ɾɐw.d͡ʑɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐˈɾoː.d͡ʑɐ/

Adjective

सरोज • (saroja)

1. produced or found in lakes and ponds (Tarkas.)

Noun

सरोज • (saroja) stem, n

1. a lotus (Kāv., VarBṛS.)

Descendants

• Indonesian: seroja

Noun

सरोज • (saroja) stem, m

1. a prosodial foot containing 6 instants (according to some "6 long syllables") (Col.)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सरोज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1183.