Sinhalese sara (27)
According to Clough’s Sinhala English Dictionary, Sinhalese word sara denotes a “lake, pool, arrow, water, sort of reed or grass, Saccharum sara, lotus or its edible root Nelumbium speciosum, pith, sap, woman, going, and proceeding.” It is an offshoot of the Tamil root kaṭu (sharpness) through the transformation of kaṭu (sharpness) > kar > ṡará > sara. The following words, related to Sinhalese sara, also originate from Tamil kaṭu (sharpness).
siri, “fortune, success, prosperity; beauty, splendour; fame, glory; wealth; virtue, moral merit; lakshmi, the goddess of plenty; plough; tree, Cathartocarpus fistula; likeness, resemblance; species of reed, Saccharum cylindricum, sword; dagger; arrow; murderer, killer; locust.” saradun, “bow.” saradhi, “(arrow, what has) quiver.” sarabhu′, “(the grass, born) name of Kártikéya, or kataragama-deviyó who was reared in a thicket of that grass.” sarayon, “(the grass, place of production) Kártikéya.” sarágháta, “(sara arrow, ágháta striking) shooting with a bow.” sarána, “quiver?” sarábhyása, “(sara arrow, abhyása exercise) archery, practice with the bow and arrow.” sarárópa, “(sara and á-rópa receptacle) bow.” sarásana, “(sara arrow, asa to throw) bow.” ṣara, “arrow; reed; cream of milk.” ṣarapuṇkha, “plant, nerium or Tephrosia purpurea.” ṣarapuṇkhá, “(arrow, feather, etc.) feathers of an arrow.” sẹraya, “quickness, speed, velocity; energy, determination, promptitude; arrow; time, occasion (plural) sẹra.” sallágára, “(salla and agára house) porcupine.” salla, “dart, javelin; peg, pin; porcupine’s quill; hal tree, Vateria acuminata.” sallaki, “(sala to go) porcupine, Hystrix leucurus, gum olibanum tree, Boswellia thurifera.” sallaya, see salla. salla-vidhiya, “(dart, vidhi rule) surgery, practice of surgery.” ṣalya, “dart, stake; thorny shrub, Vangueria spinosa; porcupine, Hystrix levavrus (Rodentia).” ṣalyaka, “thorny shrub, Randia dumetorum.” ṣalya-kartṛi, “(dart, who does) surgeon; barber.” ṣalya-ṣástra, “surgery.” ṣaláká, “dart, arrow; rib of an umbrella; slip of bambu; thorny shrub, Vangueria spinosa.” sella, “spear, lance, pike, dart.” hellé, “lance, spear, (plural) hella.”