शङ्कु

Sanskrit

**Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)**
← 10,000,000,000 (10¹⁰)	← 10¹²	१००००००००००००० 10¹³	10¹⁴ → ^{[a], [b]}	10¹⁶ →
Cardinal: शङ्कु (śaṅku)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

শঙ্কু (Assamese script)
ᬰᬗ᭄ᬓᬸ (Balinese script)
শঙ্কু (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ၐင်္ကု (Burmese script)
શઙ્કુ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਙ੍ਕੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦔ꧀ꦏꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಶಙ್ಕು (Kannada script)
ឝង្កុ (Khmer script)
ຨງ຺ກຸ (Lao script)
ശങ്കു (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠠᢛᡬᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘳 (Modi script)
ᠱᠠᢊᢉᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐸 (Newa script)
ଶଙ୍କୁ (Odia script)
ꢯꢖ꣄ꢒꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖲 (Siddham script)
ශඞ‍්කු (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚰 (Takri script)
ஶங்கு (Tamil script)
శఙ్కు (Telugu script)
ศงฺกุ (Thai script)
ཤ་ངྐུ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćankuš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱonk-u-s. Cognate with Old Norse hár (“oarlock”), Proto-Slavic *sǫkъ (“bough”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐŋ.kú/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐŋ.ku/

Noun

श॒ङ्कु • (śaṅkú) stem, m

peg, nail
stake, pillar
arrow, spear
10 trillions or 10,00,000 crores

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of श॒ङ्कु
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	श॒ङ्कुः (śaṅkúḥ)	श॒ङ्कू (śaṅkū́)	श॒ङ्कवः॑ (śaṅkávaḥ)
accusative	श॒ङ्कुम् (śaṅkúm)	श॒ङ्कू (śaṅkū́)	श॒ङ्कून् (śaṅkū́n)
instrumental	श॒ङ्कुना॑ (śaṅkúnā) श॒ङ्क्वा¹ (śaṅkvā́¹)	श॒ङ्कुभ्या॑म् (śaṅkúbhyām)	श॒ङ्कुभिः॑ (śaṅkúbhiḥ)
dative	श॒ङ्कवे॑ (śaṅkáve)	श॒ङ्कुभ्या॑म् (śaṅkúbhyām)	श॒ङ्कुभ्यः॑ (śaṅkúbhyaḥ)
ablative	श॒ङ्कोः (śaṅkóḥ)	श॒ङ्कुभ्या॑म् (śaṅkúbhyām)	श॒ङ्कुभ्यः॑ (śaṅkúbhyaḥ)
genitive	श॒ङ्कोः (śaṅkóḥ)	श॒ङ्क्वोः (śaṅkvóḥ)	श॒ङ्कू॒नाम् (śaṅkūnā́m)
locative	श॒ङ्कौ (śaṅkáu)	श॒ङ्क्वोः (śaṅkvóḥ)	श॒ङ्कुषु॑ (śaṅkúṣu)
vocative	शङ्को॑ (śáṅko)	शङ्कू॑ (śáṅkū)	शङ्क॑वः (śáṅkavaḥ)

¹Vedic

Descendants

→ Hindi: शङ्कु (śaṅku)
→ Malayalam: ശങ്കു (śaṅku)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “शङ्कु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1047, column 2.
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 440
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 604