शक्वर

{ śakvarḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शक्वर  m.  m. a bull, [Hcar.]; [Kām.] Sch.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शक्वरः [śakvarḥ]   A bull, an ox.
री A finger.
fingerring.
A girdle, zone.
A cow.
 N. N. of a Sāman; एताः शक्वर्यो लोकेषु प्रोताः [Ch. Up.2.17.1.]

Shabda-Sagara

शक्वर  m.  ( -रः) A bull, an ox.
 f.  ( -री)
1. A finger.
2. A river.
3. A zone, a girdle.
4. A form of metre, a stanza of four lines of fourteen syllables each, and comprising many varieties according to the different Pādas of which the lines are composed.
E. शक् to be able or strong, क्वरप् aff., or वनिप् aff.

ROOTS:

शक् क्वरप् वनिप्

with र augment, and the final rejected: the feminine form is also derived from शक्वन्
with ङीप् affix, and र augment, and the word is also read शक्कर and शक्करी .