सरस्वती

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सरस्वती (sarasvatī). Doublet of सरसाई (sarsāī), सरसई (sarsaī), and सरसूती (sarsūtī).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɾəs.ʋə.t̪iː/, [sɐ.ɾɐs.ʋɐ.t̪iː]

सरस्वती • (sarasvatī) f (Urdu spelling سرسوتی)

1. (Hinduism) Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and speech
2. (geography) the Saraswati river. Arguably,^[1][2] of which only a small stream remains as the Ghaggar River^[3]
3. (astronomy) Saraswati Supercluster
4. a female given name from Sanskrit

• सरसूती (sarsūtī)

Borrowed from Sanskrit सरस्वती (sarasvatī).

• IPA^(key): /sə.ɾəs.ʋə.t̪i/, [sə.ɾəs.ʋə.t̪iː]

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सरस्वती • (sarasvatī) f

1. (Hinduism) Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and speech

   Synonym: शारदा (śārdā)

2. (geography) the Saraswati river. Arguably,^[1][2] of which only a small stream remains as the Ghaggar River^[3]
3. a female given name from Sanskrit

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “सरस्वती”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “सरस्वती”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *SáraswatiH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *SáraswatiH,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *sélos. Equivalent to सरस् (sáras, “pond”) +‎ -वती (-vatī, “-ful”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬑𐬬𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬍 (haraxvaⁱtī), a region described to be rich in rivers, and Old Persian 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁 (harauvatiš), the Helmand river system.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ́.ɾɐs.ʋɐ.tiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ.ɾɐs̪.ʋɐ.t̪iː/

सर॑स्वती • (sárasvatī) stem, f

1. (Hinduism) Saraswati, the goddess of eloquence and learning
2. (history, geography) the Saraswati river. Arguably,^[2][3] of which only a small stream remains as the Ghaggar River^[4]
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.95.1:

     प्र क्षोद॑सा॒ धाय॑सा सस्र ए॒षा सर॑स्वती ध॒रुण॒माय॑सी॒ पूः ।
     प्र॒बाब॑धाना र॒थ्ये॑व याति॒ विश्वा॑ अ॒पो म॑हि॒ना सिन्धु॑र॒न्याः ॥

     prá kṣódasā dhā́yasā sasra eṣā́ sárasvatī dharúṇamā́yasī pū́ḥ.
     prabā́badhānā rathyèva yāti víśvā apó mahinā́ síndhuranyā́ḥ.

     This Sarasvatī, firm as a city made of metal, flows rapidly with all sustaining water, sweeping away in it might all other waters, as a charioteer clears the road.

सर॑स्वती • (sárasvatī) stem, f

1. any river
2. speech or the power of speech, eloquence, learning wisdom
3. a celestial or oracular voice
4. cow
5. excellent woman
6. name of a region abounding in pools and lakes
7. name of a well-known small river (held very sacred by the Hindus; identified with the modern Sursooty)
8. name of various rivers (especially of rivers which in sacredness are equal to Saraswati and which are three according to Atharvaveda vi, 101, and seven according to Mahabharata ix, 2188)
9. various plants, including
   1. lesser balloon plant (Cardiospermum halicacabum)
   2. Bengal quince (Aegle marmelos)
   3. common rue (Ruta graveolens)
10. name of a two-year-old girl representing दुर्गा (durgā) at her festival
11. name of a poetess
12. name of various other women
13. name of one of the ten mendicant orders traced back to शंकराचार्य (śaṃkarācārya) (whose members add the word sarasvatī to their names)

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈 (sarassaī)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀤𑀻 (sarassadī)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: सरसई (sarsaī), सरसाई (sarsāī)

    Urdu: سَرسئی (sarsa'ī), سَرسائی (sarsā'ī)

• → Assamese: সৰস্বতী (xorossoti)
• → Bengali: সরস্বতী (śorośśoti)
• → Burmese: သူရဿတီ (sura.ssa.ti), သရသွတီ (sa.ra.swa.ti)
• → English: Sarasvati, Saraswati
• → Gujarati: સરસ્વતી (sarasvatī)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सरस्वती (sarasvatī), सरसूती (sarsūtī)

  Urdu: سَرَسْوَتِی (sarasvatī, sarsūtī)

• → Japanese: 弁才天 (Benzaiten)
• → Javanese: ꦱꦫꦱ꧀ꦮꦠꦷ (saraswatī)
• → Kannada: ಸರಸ್ವತೀ (sarasvatī)
• → Kashmiri:

  Sharada script: 𑆱𑆫𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆠𑆵 (sarasvatī)

  Devanagari script: सरस्वती (saraswatī)

  Arabic script: سَرَسْوَتِی

• → Malayalam: സരസ്വതീ (sarasvatī)
• → Marathi: सरस्वती (sarasvatī)
• → Nepali: सरस्वती (sarasvatī)
• → Odia: ସରସ୍ୱତୀ (saraswati)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸਰਸ੍ਵਤੀ (sarsvatī), ਸਰਸਵਤੀ (sarsavatī)

  Shahmukhi script: سَرَسْوَتِی (sarasvatī), سَرَسَوَتِی (sarasauatī)

• → Russian: Сарасвати (Sarasvati)
• → Sinhalese: සරස්වතී (saraswatī)
• → Tamil: ஸரஸ்வதீ (sarasvatī), சரஸ்வதீ (carasvatī)
  • → Malayalam: ചരസ്വതീ (carasvatī)
• → Telugu: సరస్వతి (sarasvati)
• → Tibetan: སརསྭཏཱི (srswatī)

• Monier Williams (1899), “सरस्वती”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1182, columns 2-3.