Sunday, July 25, 2010

सुर سُر ♣ Eng. swarm, surd

सुर سُر ♣ Eng. swarm, surd

[sur], m. voice, sound, tune, melody.

[◀MIA ⋯ ◀OIA sura- m. ʻsoundʼ MBh., svará- m. ʻsoundʼ RV., n. ʻmusical noteʼ <√svr̥ ‘sound’ ◀PIE *su̯er- ‘to buzz, hiss, whisper’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯▶Eng. swarm ] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. hyrax, surd ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0650; (Turner, 1966) 13498, 13908, p.805; (MW, 1899) 1285; (Pokorny, 1959) 1049; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.792

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