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.
1. sūra m. the sun, RV.; AV.
Calotropis Gigantea (= arka), MW.
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
sū-rata mfn. (for su-r˚) well disposed towards, compassionate, tender, Uṇ. v, 14
tranquil, calm, ib.
sūrata a. 1 Kindly-disposed, compassionate, tender. 2 Calm, tranquil. — tā A tractable cow.
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.
sū-ratā (ā), f. a tractable cow, L.
1. sūra m. the sun, RV.; AV.
Calotropis Gigantea (= arka), MW.
Alternative readings
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