sir
/sɜː(r)/noun
उच्चारण सर
श्रीमान, महोदय, सर
Basic word
- 1
[sing.]
used as a polite way of addressing a man whose name you do not know, or a teacher, an officer; used at the beginning of a formal letter to a man; (Sir) a title used before the name of a knight
श्रीमान, महोदय, सर
- Yes, sir.
- Dear Sir
- Sir CV Raman
+ 3 more examples
- Excuse me, sir, is this the way to the library?
- Sir, could you explain the last question once more?
- The letter began with Dear Sir and ended with Yours faithfully.
Synonyms mister gentleman master lord
Opposite madam
§Grammar and usage
Gender pair: sir and madam.
लिंग जोड़ी: sir और madam।
'Dear Sir' or 'Dear Sir or Madam' (to an unknown person) ends with 'Yours faithfully'.
पत्र-लेखन में 'Dear Sir' या 'Dear Sir or Madam' (अज्ञात व्यक्ति को) 'Yours faithfully' से समाप्त होता है।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Sir CV Raman and Sir M Visvesvaraya received British knighthoods; Rabindranath Tagore returned his knighthood after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919).
सर सी वी रमन और सर एम विश्वेश्वरैया को British knighthood मिली; रवींद्रनाथ टैगोर ने जलियाँवाला बाग़ हत्याकांड (1919) के बाद अपनी knighthood लौटा दी।