समर

See also: स्मर

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /sə.məɾ/, [sɐ.mɐɾ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit समर (samara).

Noun

समर • (samarm (Urdu spelling سمر)

  1. war
  2. battle

Proper noun

समर • (samarm

  1. a male given name from Sanskrit
Declension
Declension of समर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct समर
samar
समर
samar
oblique समर
samar
समरों
samarõ
vocative समर
samar
समरो
samaro
Derived terms
  • समर करना (samar karnā)
  • समर-विद्या (samar-vidyā)
  • समरकर्म (samarkarm)
  • समरक्षिति (samrakṣiti)
  • समरपोत (samarpot)
  • समरभट (samarbhaṭ)
  • समरभू (samarbhū)
  • समरभूमि (samarbhūmi)
  • समरमर्दन (samarmardan)
  • समरविजयी (samravijyī)
  • समरव्यसनी (samravyasnī)
  • समरशायी (samarśāyī)
  • समरशूर (samarśūr)
  • समरसार (samarsār)
  • समरांगण (samrāṅgaṇ)
  • समरोद्यत (samrodyat)

Etymology 2

Adapted borrowing from Sanskrit स्मर (smara).

Noun

समर • (samarm (Urdu spelling سمر)

  1. alternative form of स्मर (smar); Kamadeva

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian ثمر (samar, fruit), from Arabic ثَمَرَة (ṯamara, fruit).

Noun

समर • (samarm (Urdu spelling ثمر)

  1. fruit
  2. fruit of one's actions, result, outcome
    1. advantage, profit
Derived terms
  • समर-बहिश्त (samar-bahiśt)
  • समरदार (samardār)

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Noun

समर • (sam-ará) stemm

  1. coming together, meeting, concourse, confluence
    • RV 6.9.2b
      नाहं तन्तुं न वि जानाम्योतुं न यं वयन्ति समरेऽतमानाः |
      कस्य सवित पुत्र इह वक्त्वानि परो वदात्यवरेण पित्रा ||
      nāhaṃ tantuṃ na vi jānāmyotuṃ na yaṃ vayanti samare'tamānāḥ |
      kasya svit putra iha vaktvāni paro vadātyavareṇa pitrā ||
      I know not either warp or woof, I know not the web they weave when moving to the contest.
      Whose son shall here speak words that must be spoken without assistance from the Father near him?
  2. hostile encounter, conflict, struggle, war, battle with (सह (saha))
  3. name of a king of the विद्याधर (vidyā-dhara)
  4. name of a king of काम्पिल्य (kāmpilya)
  5. name of a brother of king अवन्तिवर्मन् (avantivarman)

Descendants

  • Old Javanese: samara (battle, battlefield)
    • Balinese: ᬲᬫᬭ (samara, battle)
  • Telugu: సమరము (samaramu)

References