सांवरा sāṅvarā

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Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · adj. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Dark-complexioned. (connotation of ugliness in northern India because light complexion is a criterion of beauty).
Title of a lover or husband; specifically title of Kr̥ṣṇa.
(Bābā) Blackened or soiled by vice. The condition of us all in the Iron Age (regardless of skin color).

Usual translation

  1. ugly
  2. dark blue form

Origin of the definition

H سانولا सांवला sāṅwlā, sāʼoṅlā [Prk. सामलओ; S. श्यामल+कः], adj. (f. -ī), Of a dark or sallow complexion; dark, swarthy; sallow, brown, nut-brown; of handsome countenance; an epithet of Krishṇ: — sāṅʼolā-salonā, adj. (f. -ī), Brown and salty; rich brown; — piquant, pleasing: — sāṅʼolī-ṣūrat, adj. & s.m. Having a sallow or a handsome countenance; — one who has a sallow countenance, &c., an epithet of Krishṇ.

साँवला sām̐valā sā:vla: (a) slightly dark-complexioned; ~पन slight darkness of complexion.

साँवला sāṁvlā [śyāmalaka-], adj. 1. dark-complexioned. 2. title of a lover or husband; specif. title of Kr̥ṣṇa. — साँवला-सलोना, adj. dark and savorous: attractive (a dark complexion).

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

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Mamma

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Monday 17 May 2021
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