सुर

See also: सर, सारा, सिर, सूरा, and सार

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sʊɾ/

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit स्वर (svara), from स्वृ (svṛ).

Noun

सुर • (sur) m

1. sound, tone, note

   उसने अपना सुर अभी भी नहीं बदला है।

   usne apnā sur abhī bhī nahī̃ badlā hai.

   He's still saying the same thing.

   (literally, “He has not changed his tone even now.”)

2. tune, melody; a song
3. (music) a note

   Synonym: स्वर (svar)

Declension

Declension of सुर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सुर sur	सुर sur
oblique	सुर sur	सुरों surõ
vocative	सुर sur	सुरो suro

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुर (sura).

Noun

सुर • (sur) m

1. a god, deva

   Antonym: असुर (asur)

Declension

Declension of सुर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सुर sur	सुर sur
oblique	सुर sur	सुरों surõ
vocative	सुर sur	सुरो suro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सुर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1029

Sanskrit

Etymology

Probably from स्वर् (svar, “heaven”), or from असुर (asura) as an antonym, cf. Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎 (ahu, “lord; life, existence”) and 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 (ahura, “lord”), Hittite 𒈗 (ḥaššū, “king”), Old Norse æsir (“gods”) and Old English ōs (“god”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ens- (“to engender, beget”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /su.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪u.ɾɐ/

Noun

सुर • (sura) stem, m

1. god, divine, deity
2. idol
3. (symbolically) thirty-three
4. sage, learned man
5. the image of a god, an idol
6. sun

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सुर

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सुरः (suraḥ)	सुरौ (surau) सुरा¹ (surā¹)	सुराः (surāḥ) सुरासः¹ (surāsaḥ¹)
vocative	सुर (sura)	सुरौ (surau) सुरा¹ (surā¹)	सुराः (surāḥ) सुरासः¹ (surāsaḥ¹)
accusative	सुरम् (suram)	सुरौ (surau) सुरा¹ (surā¹)	सुरान् (surān)
instrumental	सुरेण (sureṇa)	सुराभ्याम् (surābhyām)	सुरैः (suraiḥ) सुरेभिः¹ (surebhiḥ¹)
dative	सुराय (surāya)	सुराभ्याम् (surābhyām)	सुरेभ्यः (surebhyaḥ)
ablative	सुरात् (surāt)	सुराभ्याम् (surābhyām)	सुरेभ्यः (surebhyaḥ)
genitive	सुरस्य (surasya)	सुरयोः (surayoḥ)	सुराणाम् (surāṇām)
locative	सुरे (sure)	सुरयोः (surayoḥ)	सुरेषु (sureṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Hindi: सुर (sur)
• → Old Javanese: sura
  • > Javanese: ꦱꦸꦫ (sura) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬲᬸᬭ (sura)