सूरत sūrata
girl / boy / neuter 3 syllables SLP1 sUrata

As a Hindi name

सूरत · noun · feminine

रूप । आकृति । शक्ल · छवि । शोभा । सौंदर्य · उपाय । युक्ति । ढंग । तदबीर । ढब — Śabdasāgara

सूरत · noun · masculine

बंबई प्रदेश के अंतर्गत एक नगर — Śabdasāgara

सूरत

Surat (a large city in Gujarat, India)

सूरत · feminine

face, countenance; form, look, appearance; chance, likelihood

Platts (p. 697) also records: (f.-ā), Well-disposed (towards), compassionate, tender; playful, sportive

Cited formation "सूरत" is सूर + -त: सूर means "the sun", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table

a Hindi word of gu origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Borrowed from Gujarati સુરત (surat)” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Borrowed from Classical Persian صورت (sūrat), from Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

well disposed towards, compassionate, tender

Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "sūrata" is the vocative of "sūratā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

M3 · meaning shifts "sūratā" is derived from "sūra" with the tal suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.

the base — सूर

1. sūra m. the sun, RV.; AV.

Calotropis Gigantea (= arka), MW.

your form — सूरत

sū-ratā (ā), f. a tractable cow, L.

Related forms

Gender counterpart

The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · सूरत

sū-rata mfn. (for su-r˚) well disposed towards, compassionate, tender, Uṇ. v, 14

Monier-Williams (1899) · सूरत

tranquil, calm, ib.

Apte (1890) · सूरत

sūrata a. 1 Kindly-disposed, compassionate, tender. 2 Calm, tranquil. — tā A tractable cow.

Wilson (1832) · सूरत

sūrata mfn. (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1 Compassionate, tender. 2 Tranquil, calm. E. su well, rama to sport or rest, kta Uṇādi aff., and the vowel of the prefix made long; also surata.

Monier-Williams (1899) · सूरता (linked stem)

sū-ratā (ā), f. a tractable cow, L.

Monier-Williams (1899) · सूर (linked stem)

1. sūra m. the sun, RV.; AV.

Monier-Williams (1899) · सूर (linked stem)

Calotropis Gigantea (= arka), MW.

Alternative readings

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