As a Hindi name
सेर · noun · masculine
. [ सं. ('लीलाबती' में प्रयुक्त)] 1.एक मान या तौल जो सोलह छँटाक अस्सी तोले की होती है । मन का चाली— सवाँ भाग । 2. 106 ढोली पान (तमोली) — Śabdasāgara
सेर · noun · feminine
. [ देश. ] एख प्रकार की मछली — Śabdasāgara
सेर · ser · s.m.
corr. of sher, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 711
सेर · masculine
a seer: unit of weight equalling 1.25 kilograms
a Hindi word of inc-ash-pro origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀲𑀢𑁂𑀭 (*satera), borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (styl /stēr/), borrowed from Ancient Greek στατήρ (statḗr, “unit of weight; a stater”). Cognate to Khotanese [script needed] (satīra), [script needed] (sera), Gandhari 𐨯𐨟𐨅𐨪 (sat…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
used in explaining sīra
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
sera mfn. used in explaining sīra, ŚBr.
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