As a Hindi name
सोदर · noun · masculine
[स्त्री॰ सोदरा, सोदरी] सहोदर भ्राता । सगा भाई — Śabdasāgara
सोदर · adj
एक गर्भ से उत्पन्न — Śabdasāgara
सोना · masculine
gold
सोना
to sleep; to repose; to die
Platts (p. 696) also records: (f. -ā). Born from the same womb, co-uterine
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.
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set सोना (sonā) सुलाना (sulānā) सुलवाना (sulvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swep- Proto-Indo-European *swép-t Vedic Sanskrit स्व॒पन् (svapán)bf.? Sanskrit स्वपि॑ति (svápiti) Prakrit सुअइ (suaï) Prakrit सोअइ (soaï) Hindi सोना Inherited from Prakrit सोअइ (so…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
born from the same womb, co-uterine, of whole blood, &c. closely allied or connected with, next of kin to (e.g., ‘youth has only one brother, viz. amusement’)
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
sodara mf(ī)n. born from the same womb, co-uterine, of whole blood, Mn.; MBh. &c. closely allied or connected with, next of kin to (e.g. narmaika-sodaraṃ navaṃ vayaḥ, ‘youth has only one brother, viz. amusement’), Kathās.
sodara m. (with or scil. bhrātṛ) an own brother, Yājñ.; MBh. &c.
sodara a. [samānamudaraṃ yasya samānasya saḥ] Born from the same womb, uterine. — raḥ A uterine brother. — rā A uterine sister.
sodara m. (-raḥ) A brother of whole blood. E. sa for samāna common, same, and udara belly or womb.
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