Word history

Monier-Williams (1899) records śārdūla with the sense “tiger”. Śārdūla is a Sanskrit animal word meaning tiger. It also occurs in literary compounds, where the image of the animal can support a comparison. शार्दूल retains the long vowels recorded in the dictionary transliteration. The surname’s literal animal sense is lexical evidence; it does not attribute strength or temperament to anyone. The final short Sanskrit vowel is omitted.

Sources: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword śārdūla, page 1067, column 1, entry L215890

Literal dictionary sense

śārdūla: Tiger.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword śārdūla, page 1067, column 1, entry L215890

Native-script forms

शार्दूल · Devanagari

Sources and attribution

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