सरल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सरल (sarala).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sə.ɾəl/, [sɐ.ɾɐl]

Adjective

सरल • (saral) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling سرل)

  1. easy
    Synonyms: आसान (āsān), सुगम (sugam), सहज (sahaj)
    Antonyms: कठिन (kaṭhin), मुश्किल (muśkil), दुर्गम (durgam)
  2. simple, straightforward
    हिंदी भाषा का व्याकरण सरल है।
    hindī bhāṣā kā vyākraṇ saral hai.
    The grammar of Hindi is simple.
  3. straight
    Synonym: सीधा (sīdhā)
    रेत में उसने एक सरल रेखा बनाई।
    ret mẽ usne ek saral rekhā banāī.
    He made a straight line in the sand.

Derived terms

  • सरलता (saraltā, simplicity)
    • सरलतापूर्वक (saraltāpūrvak)
  • सरलीकरण (sarlīkraṇ, simplification)
  • सरल भाषा (saral bhāṣā, plain language)

References

Sanskrit

Etymology

Probably from सृ (sṛ, to run, go towards).

Pronunciation

Adjective

सरल • (sarala) stem

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सरल (sarala)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सरलः
saralaḥ
सरलौ / सरला¹
saralau / saralā¹
सरलाः / सरलासः¹
saralāḥ / saralāsaḥ¹
Vocative सरल
sarala
सरलौ / सरला¹
saralau / saralā¹
सरलाः / सरलासः¹
saralāḥ / saralāsaḥ¹
Accusative सरलम्
saralam
सरलौ / सरला¹
saralau / saralā¹
सरलान्
saralān
Instrumental सरलेन
saralena
सरलाभ्याम्
saralābhyām
सरलैः / सरलेभिः¹
saralaiḥ / saralebhiḥ¹
Dative सरलाय
saralāya
सरलाभ्याम्
saralābhyām
सरलेभ्यः
saralebhyaḥ
Ablative सरलात्
saralāt
सरलाभ्याम्
saralābhyām
सरलेभ्यः
saralebhyaḥ
Genitive सरलस्य
saralasya
सरलयोः
saralayoḥ
सरलानाम्
saralānām
Locative सरले
sarale
सरलयोः
saralayoḥ
सरलेषु
saraleṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Feminine ā-stem declension of सरला (saralā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सरला
saralā
सरले
sarale
सरलाः
saralāḥ
Vocative सरले
sarale
सरले
sarale
सरलाः
saralāḥ
Accusative सरलाम्
saralām
सरले
sarale
सरलाः
saralāḥ
Instrumental सरलया / सरला¹
saralayā / saralā¹
सरलाभ्याम्
saralābhyām
सरलाभिः
saralābhiḥ
Dative सरलायै
saralāyai
सरलाभ्याम्
saralābhyām
सरलाभ्यः
saralābhyaḥ
Ablative सरलायाः / सरलायै²
saralāyāḥ / saralāyai²
सरलाभ्याम्
saralābhyām
सरलाभ्यः
saralābhyaḥ
Genitive सरलायाः / सरलायै²
saralāyāḥ / saralāyai²
सरलयोः
saralayoḥ
सरलानाम्
saralānām
Locative सरलायाम्
saralāyām
सरलयोः
saralayoḥ
सरलासु
saralāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
Neuter a-stem declension of सरल (sarala)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सरलम्
saralam
सरले
sarale
सरलानि / सरला¹
saralāni / saralā¹
Vocative सरल
sarala
सरले
sarale
सरलानि / सरला¹
saralāni / saralā¹
Accusative सरलम्
saralam
सरले
sarale
सरलानि / सरला¹
saralāni / saralā¹
Instrumental सरलेन
saralena
सरलाभ्याम्
saralābhyām
सरलैः / सरलेभिः¹
saralaiḥ / saralebhiḥ¹
Dative सरलाय
saralāya
सरलाभ्याम्
saralābhyām
सरलेभ्यः
saralebhyaḥ
Ablative सरलात्
saralāt
सरलाभ्याम्
saralābhyām
सरलेभ्यः
saralebhyaḥ
Genitive सरलस्य
saralasya
सरलयोः
saralayoḥ
सरलानाम्
saralānām
Locative सरले
sarale
सरलयोः
saralayoḥ
सरलेषु
saraleṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Noun

सरल • (sarala) stem, 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 Buddha
  5. turpeth (Operculina turpethum L.)
  6. name of a river

Noun

सरल • (sarala) stem, n

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

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “सरल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1182, column 2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 506
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 443
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