As a Hindi name
सूर · noun · masculine
सूर्य · अर्कवृक्ष । आक । मदार · पंडित । आचार्य — Śabdasāgara
सूर · noun · masculine
भक्त कवि सूरदास · नेत्र- विहीन व्यक्ति । दृष्टिरहित व्यक्ति । अंधा · छप्पय छंद के ७१ भेदों में से ५५वें भेद का नाम जिसमें १६ गुरु, १२० लघु, कुल १३६ वर्ण और १५२ मात्राएँ होती हैं — Śabdasāgara
सूर · sūr · s.m.
A hero, warrior, champion, a brave or valiant man; (dialec.) a boar ( = sūʼar) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 696
सूर · sūr · s.m.
The sun — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 696
सूर · masculine
the sun; a learned man
सूर · masculine
a hero, warrior, champion
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi सूर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit सूर (sū́ra).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. sūra m. the sun, RV.; AV.
Calotropis Gigantea (= arka), MW.
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit शूर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁rós Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćuHrás Sanskrit शूर (śūra) Prakrit 𑀲𑀽𑀭 (sūra) Hindi सूर Inherited from Prakrit सूर (sūra), from Sanskrit शूर (śūra). Doublet of शूर (śūr), a tatsama. Related to स…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
śūra mfn. (prob. fr. √ 1. śū = śvi and connected with śavas, śuna, śūna) strong, powerful, valiant, heroic, brave (cf. -tama and -tara), RV.; MBh.
śūra m. a strong or mighty or valiant man, warrior, champion, hero, one who acts heroically towards any one (loc.) or with regard to anything (loc. instr., or comp.; ifc. f(ā). ), RV. &c. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the sun
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Dictionary citations
1. sūra m. the sun, RV.; AV.
Calotropis Gigantea (= arka), MW.
a wise or learned man, teacher (= sūri), L.
N. of the father of Kunthu (the 17th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī), L.
of various authors (also with bhaṭṭa and miśra), Cat.
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