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Where does “सरस्वती” come from?

सरस्वती (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan SáraswatiH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian SáraswatiH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sáras, from Proto-Indo-European sélos — marsh.

सरस्वती (Sanskrit): any river; speech or the power of speech,...

Definitions

  1. any river; speech or the power of speech,...

Ancestry of “सरस्वती”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-AryanSáraswatiH—
2Proto-Indo-IranianSáraswatiH—
3Proto-Indo-Iraniansárasmarsh, water
4Proto-Indo-Europeansélosmarsh

Words derived from “सरस्वती”

  • సరస్వతి
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