सरल

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit सरल (sarala).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sə.ɾəl/

Adjective

सरल • (saral) (Urdu spelling سرل‎)

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

Derived terms
  • सरलता (saraltā)
    • सरलतापूर्वक (saraltāpūrvak)

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

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.
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