Hindi

Adjective

सरल • ‎(saral) ‎(Urdu spelling سرل)

1. easy

   कोई सरल उपाय बताइए।

   Tell me some easy way out.

2. simple, straightforward

   इस वाक्य को सरल वाक्यों में परिवर्तित कीजिए।

   Change this sentence into simple sentences.

Synonyms

• (easy) आसान ‎(āsān)
• (simple) सीधा-सादा ‎(sīdhā-sādā)

Antonyms

• कठिन ‎(kaṭhin)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “सरल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.

Sanskrit

Adjective

सरल • ‎(sarala)

1. ‘running on’, straight (not ‘crooked’).
2. outstretched.
3. right, correct.
4. upright, sincere, candid, honest, artless, simple.
5. real (not ‘ sham ’).
6. = विगीत L.

Noun

सरल • ‎(sarala) m

1. a species of pine tree, Pinus roxburghii.
2. a kind of bird, the grey peacock-pheasant (Pavo bicalcaratus L., now Polyplectron bicalcaratum)
3. fire.
4. a बुद्ध.
5. turpeth (Operculina turpethum L.)
6. Name of a river.

Noun

सरल • ‎(sarala) n

1. resin of the pine.
2. a particular high number.

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.