logo
भारतवाणी
bharatavani  
logo
Knowledge through Indian Languages
Bharatavani

A Dictionary : Part-1 (Hindustani and English)

Please click here to read PDF file A Dictionary : Part-1 (Hindustani and English)

س
Sīn,
NA
usually named sīni muhmala or sīni ghair manḳūṭa, the twelfth letter in the Arabic, the fifteenth in the Persian, and eighteenth in the Hindūstānī alphabets : its sound is that of the English, s, or of the Sanskrit sa : in reckoning by abjad its value is sixty : in almonacks it represents the sun, and a sextile aspect of the planets. it is also used as an abbreviation for the word salām, salutation. a. p. h.

س
Sa,
NA
prefixed to Sanskrit substantives, denotes "with," "possessed of," or "related to," as sa-jīva, alive. Sa-bal, powerful. Sa-gotra, related to one family. Su, as prefix, corresponds to the e'v of the Greek (in opposition to dur, δvς, bad), and denotes "goodness, facility, excellency, or excess ;" as su-panth, the good or rifht way. su-labh, easy of attainment, in opposition to dur-labh, difficult in the attainment : again, su-dur-lab denotes excessively difficult to attain. s.
">

س
सु
Su,
NA
in the Braj dialect, is used as a postposition, denoting from, by, with, of, &c., as jā-su, from or of whom ; it is also used sometimes for the correl. So he, she, it, they, &c. h.

سا
सा
Sā,
NA
added to a substantive denotes similitude, as kuttā, a dog. Kuttā-sā, dog-like : as an adjective adjunct it appears sometimes superfluous, but generally intensive, as baṛā, large, baṛā-sā, largish, or very large (v. Hind. Gram. P. 108,c.). Kālā-sā, blackish. p. h.

سابدھان
साबधान
Sābadhān (V. Sāvadhān),
NA
attentive, cautious. S.

سابر
साबर
Sābar,
m.
an elk, or, more properly speaking, a large species of stag ; a leather of elks' or any kind of deers' hide for bedding. Sābar mantr, m. a spell composed in colloquial laguage. S.

سابر
साबर
Sābar,
m.
a small anvil. H.

سابع
Sābi',
NA
the seventh. Sāb'aṉ, seventhly, in the seventh place. A.

سابق
Sābiḳ,
NA
former, preceding, formerly, of yore, time past. Sābiḳu-l-an'ām, former bounties. Sābiḳaṉ, as formerly, agreeably to former practices. A.

سابقہ
Sābiḳa,
m.
preceding, past, ancient ; former friendship, previous intimacy. A.


logo