साळ्हृ

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáẓḍʰā, Proto-Indo-European *séǵʰ-tōr (conqueror), from *seǵʰ- (to overcome, to conquer). Cognate with Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr).

Pronunciation

Noun

साळ्हृ॑ • (sā́ḷhṛ) stemm

  1. a victor, conqueror, one who prevails in battle
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.101.7:
      भूरि॑ चक्र मरुतः॒ पित्र्या॑ण्य् उ॒क्थानि॒ या वः॑ श॒स्यन्ते॑ पु॒रा चि॑त् ।
      म॒रुद्भि॑र् उ॒ग्रः पृत॑नासु॒ साळ्हा॑ म॒रुद्भि॒र् इत् सनि॑ता॒ वाज॒म् अर्वा॑ ॥
      bhū́ri cakra marutaḥ pítryāṇy ukthā́ni yā́ vaḥ śasyánte purā́ cit.
      marúdbhir ugráḥ pṛ́tanāsu sā́ḷhā marúdbhir ít sánitā vā́jam árvā.
      You, O Maruts, have brought to life many ancestral songs of praise, long sung to you by our forefathers.
      With the Maruts the mighty one is the victor in battle; with the Maruts the swift horse wins the prize.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of साळ्हृ॑
singular dual plural
nominative साळ्हा॑ (sā́ḷhā) साळ्हा॑रौ (sā́ḷhārau)
साळ्हा॑रा¹ (sā́ḷhārā¹)
साळ्हा॑रः (sā́ḷhāraḥ)
accusative साळ्हा॑रम् (sā́ḷhāram) साळ्हा॑रौ (sā́ḷhārau)
साळ्हा॑रा¹ (sā́ḷhārā¹)
साळ्हॄ॑न् (sā́ḷhṝn)
instrumental साढ्रा॑ (sā́ḍhrā) साळ्हृ॑भ्याम् (sā́ḷhṛbhyām) साळ्हृ॑भिः (sā́ḷhṛbhiḥ)
dative साढ्रे॑ (sā́ḍhre) साळ्हृ॑भ्याम् (sā́ḷhṛbhyām) साळ्हृ॑भ्यः (sā́ḷhṛbhyaḥ)
ablative साळ्हुः॑ (sā́ḷhuḥ) साळ्हृ॑भ्याम् (sā́ḷhṛbhyām) साळ्हृ॑भ्यः (sā́ḷhṛbhyaḥ)
genitive साळ्हुः॑ (sā́ḷhuḥ) साढ्रोः॑ (sā́ḍhroḥ) साळ्हॄ॑णाम् (sā́ḷhṝṇām)
locative साळ्ह॑रि (sā́ḷhari) साढ्रोः॑ (sā́ḍhroḥ) साळ्हृ॑षु (sā́ḷhṛṣu)
vocative साळ्हः॑ (sā́ḷhaḥ) साळ्हा॑रौ (sā́ḷhārau)
साळ्हा॑रा¹ (sā́ḷhārā¹)
साळ्हा॑रः (sā́ḷhāraḥ)
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