As a Hindi name
सो · pron
वह — Śabdasāgara
सो · ind
अतः । इसलिये । निदान । जैसे,—पराधीनता सब दुःखों का कारण है; सो, भाइयो, इससे मुक्त होने के ऊद्योग में लगे रहिए — Śabdasāgara
सो · so · pron.
He, she, it; that, that one, that person or thing — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 690
सो · so
(Braj) = sā, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 690
सो · feminine,masculine
used in constructions with जो (jo, “whoever”); he, she, it
सोना · masculine
gold
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit स — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄 (so), from Sanskrit स (sa, third person singular pronoun). Cognate with Old Awadhi सो (so), Punjabi ਸੋ (so), Marwari सो (so), Bihari सो, Nepali सो (so). Also see तिस (tis).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. sa the last of the three sibilants (it belongs to the dental class and in sound corresponds to s in sin).
2. sa (in prosody) an anapest (˘ ˘ ¯)
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit सौवर्ण — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀡𑁆𑀡 (soṇṇa), from Sanskrit सौवर्ण (sauvarṇa), from सुवर्ण (suvarṇa). Cognate with Marathi सोने (sone), Punjabi ਸੋਨਾ (sonā), Nepali सुन (suna), Gujarati સોનું (sonũ), Odia ସୁନା (sunā), Bengali সোনা (śōna), Assamese সোণ (xün).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
sauvarṇa mf(ī, or ā)n. (fr. su-varṇa, of which it is also the Vṛddhi form in comp.) made or consisting of gold, golden, ŚrS.; Yājñ.; MBh. &c.
weighing a Su-varṇa, W.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
PĀRVATĪ. E. ṣo to destroy, aff. kvip.
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Dictionary citations
1. so (usually with prepositions; see ava-, vy-ava-, adhy-ava-√ so &c.) cl. 4. P. (Dhātup. xxvi, 38) syati (pf. sasau aor. asāt or asāsīt &c.), to destroy, kill, finish, Dhātup. : Pass. sīyate (aor. asāyi), Gr.: Caus. sāyayati or sāpayati, ib. : Desid. siṣāsati, ib. : Intens. seṣīyate, sāsāti, sāseti, ib.
2. so f. (nom. sos) N. of Pārvatī, L.
3. so = sā (f. of 6. sa) + u, ŚBr.
so 4 P. (syati, sasau, asāt-asāsīt, sāsyati, sātuṃ, sita; caus. sāyayati-te, desid. siṣāsati; pass. sīyate; the s of so is changed to ṣ after prepositions ending in i or u) 1 To kill, destroy. 2 To finish, complete, bring to an end.
so f. (-soḥ) PĀRVATĪ. E. ṣo to destroy, aff. kvip.
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