शरु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

শৰু (Assamese script)
ᬰᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
শরু (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ၐရု (Burmese script)
શરુ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಶರು (Kannada script)
ឝរុ (Khmer script)
ຨຣຸ (Lao script)
ശരു (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠠᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
ᠱᠠᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
ଶରୁ (Odia script)
ꢯꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
ශරු (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
ஶரு (Tamil script)
శరు (Telugu script)
ศรุ (Thai script)
ཤ་རུ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱérus (“pointed stick, arrow, sword”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (hairus, “sword”), Old Norse hjǫrr (“sword”), Old English heoru (“sword”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́.ɾu/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.ɾu/

Noun

शरु॑ • (śáru) stem, m or f

arrow, dart, missile
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.125.6:
  अ॒हं रु॒द्राय॒ धनु॒रा त॑नोमि ब्रह्म॒द्विषे॒ शर॑वे॒ हन्त॒वा उ॑ ।
  aháṃ rudrā́ya dhánurā́ tanomi brahmadvíṣe śárave hántavā́ u.
  I bend the bow for Rudra that his arrow may strike and slay the hater of devotion.

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of शरु॑
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शरुः॑ (śáruḥ)	शरू॑ (śárū)	शर॑वः (śáravaḥ)
accusative	शरु॑म् (śárum)	शरू॑ (śárū)	शरू॑न् (śárūn)
instrumental	शरु॑णा (śáruṇā) शर्वा॑¹ (śárvā¹)	शरु॑भ्याम् (śárubhyām)	शरु॑भिः (śárubhiḥ)
dative	शर॑वे (śárave) शर्वे॑¹ (śárve¹)	शरु॑भ्याम् (śárubhyām)	शरु॑भ्यः (śárubhyaḥ)
ablative	शरोः॑ (śároḥ) शर्वः॑¹ (śárvaḥ¹)	शरु॑भ्याम् (śárubhyām)	शरु॑भ्यः (śárubhyaḥ)
genitive	शरोः॑ (śároḥ) शर्वः॑¹ (śárvaḥ¹)	शर्वोः॑ (śárvoḥ)	शरू॑णाम् (śárūṇām)
locative	शरौ॑ (śárau)	शर्वोः॑ (śárvoḥ)	शरु॑षु (śáruṣu)
vocative	शरो॑ (śáro)	शरू॑ (śárū)	शर॑वः (śáravaḥ)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Hindi: सर (sar, “arrow”)