शङ्का
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শঙ্কা (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬗ᭄ᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- শঙ্কা (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ၐင်္ကာ (Burmese script)
- શઙ્કા (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਙ੍ਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦔ꧀ꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಙ್ಕಾ (Kannada script)
- ឝង្កា (Khmer script)
- ຨງ຺ກາ (Lao script)
- ശങ്കാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᢛᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢊᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଶଙ୍କା (Odia script)
- ꢯꢖ꣄ꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ශඞ්කා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஶங்கா (Tamil script)
- శఙ్కా (Telugu script)
- ศงฺกา (Thai script)
- ཤ་ངྐཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Nominal formation from the root शङ्क् (śaṅk, “to doubt, be afraid of, hesitate”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐŋ.kɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐŋ.kɑː/
Noun
श॒ङ्का • (śaṅkā́) stem, f
- apprehension, care, alarm, fear, distrust, suspicion of
- doubt, uncertainty, hesitation
- (at end of compounds) belief, supposition, presumption (of or that any person or thing is)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | श॒ङ्का (śaṅkā́) | श॒ङ्के (śaṅké) | श॒ङ्काः (śaṅkā́ḥ) |
| accusative | श॒ङ्काम् (śaṅkā́m) | श॒ङ्के (śaṅké) | श॒ङ्काः (śaṅkā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | श॒ङ्कया॑ (śaṅkáyā) श॒ङ्का¹ (śaṅkā́¹) |
श॒ङ्काभ्या॑म् (śaṅkā́bhyām) | श॒ङ्काभिः॑ (śaṅkā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | श॒ङ्कायै॑ (śaṅkā́yai) | श॒ङ्काभ्या॑म् (śaṅkā́bhyām) | श॒ङ्काभ्यः॑ (śaṅkā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | श॒ङ्कायाः॑ (śaṅkā́yāḥ) श॒ङ्कायै॑² (śaṅkā́yai²) |
श॒ङ्काभ्या॑म् (śaṅkā́bhyām) | श॒ङ्काभ्यः॑ (śaṅkā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | श॒ङ्कायाः॑ (śaṅkā́yāḥ) श॒ङ्कायै॑² (śaṅkā́yai²) |
श॒ङ्कयोः॑ (śaṅkáyoḥ) | श॒ङ्काना॑म् (śaṅkā́nām) |
| locative | श॒ङ्काया॑म् (śaṅkā́yām) | श॒ङ्कयोः॑ (śaṅkáyoḥ) | श॒ङ्कासु॑ (śaṅkā́su) |
| vocative | शङ्के॑ (śáṅke) | शङ्के॑ (śáṅke) | शङ्काः॑ (śáṅkāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- → Hindi: शंका (śaṅkā) (learned)
- → Pali: saṅkā (learned)
- → Burmese: သင်္ကာ (sangka)
- → Malay: sangka
- → Indonesian: sangka
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “शङ्का”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 820, column 3.