Sanskrit

Verb

स्वर् • ‎(svar)

1. Alternative spelling of सुर् ‎(sur), root of स्वरयति ‎(svarayati)

Etymology 2

Verb

स्वर् • ‎(svar)

1. root of स्वरति ‎(svarati)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *suHar- (compare Avestan hvar, Persian خور ‎(xvar)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with Old English sōl, Old Norse sól, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 ‎(sáuil), Old Church Slavonic слъньцє ‎(slŭnĭce), Ancient Greek ἥλιος ‎(hḗlios), Latin sōl.

Noun

स्वर् • ‎(svàr)

1. sun
2. sunshine, light
3. sky, heaven (RV., etc.)
4. space between the sun and the polar star, as the third of the व्याहृति ‎(vyāhṛti, “names of the upper worlds used as mystical utterance”) (Mn., MBh., etc.)
5. water (Naigh.)
6. a name of Shiva (MBh.)

Derived terms

• सूर्य ‎(sūrya)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1281