शकुन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शकुन (śakuna).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.kʊn/, [ʃɐ.kʊ̃n]

Noun

शकुन • (śakun) m (Urdu spelling شَكُن)

alternative form of शगुन (śagun)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

শকুন (Assamese script)
ᬰᬓᬸᬦ (Balinese script)
শকুন (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰎𑰲𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀓𑀼𑀦 (Brahmi script)
ၐကုန (Burmese script)
શકુન (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਕੁਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌕𑍁𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦏꦸꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂍𑂳𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಶಕುನ (Kannada script)
ឝកុន (Khmer script)
ຨກຸນ (Lao script)
ശകുന (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠠᡬᡠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘎𑘳𑘡 (Modi script)
ᠱᠠᢉᠤᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑦮𑧔𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐎𑐸𑐣 (Newa script)
ଶକୁନ (Odia script)
ꢯꢒꢸꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆑𑆶𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖎𑖲𑖡 (Siddham script)
ශකුන (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩜𑩒𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚊𑚰𑚝 (Takri script)
ஶகுந (Tamil script)
శకున (Telugu script)
ศกุน (Thai script)
ཤ་ཀུ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒏𑒳𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨋𑨃𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Munda (compare Kharia kon-th'ed "kind of bird"); or related to Proto-Slavic sokolъ "falcon".

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.ku.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.ku.n̪ɐ/

Noun

शकुन • (śakuna) stem, ?

bird (esp. of large birds and such as give omens)
good omen