शुण्डा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শুণ্ডা (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬸᬡ᭄ᬟᬵ (Balinese script)
- শুণ্ডা (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰚𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ၐုဏ္ဍာ (Burmese script)
- શુણ્ડા (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੁਣ੍ਡਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦸꦟ꧀ꦝꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂙𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಶುಣ್ಡಾ (Kannada script)
- ឝុណ្ឌា (Khmer script)
- ຨຸຓ຺ຑາ (Lao script)
- ശുണ്ഡാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡠᢏᡷᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘚𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠤᢏᢎᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧔𑦼𑧠𑦺𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐜𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଶୁଣ୍ଡା (Odia script)
- ꢯꢸꢠ꣄ꢞꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆝𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖚𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ශුණ්ඩා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩨𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஶுண்ட³ா (Tamil script)
- శుణ్డా (Telugu script)
- ศุณฺฑา (Thai script)
- ཤུ་ཎྜཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨖𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably connected with चञ्चु (cañcu, “beak”) and तुण्ड (tuṇḍa, “snout”). Of non-Aryan, perhaps Dravidian or Munda origin.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕuɳ.ɖɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕuɳ.ɖɑː/
Noun
शुण्डा • (śuṇḍā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शुण्डा (śuṇḍā) | शुण्डे (śuṇḍe) | शुण्डाः (śuṇḍāḥ) |
| accusative | शुण्डाम् (śuṇḍām) | शुण्डे (śuṇḍe) | शुण्डाः (śuṇḍāḥ) |
| instrumental | शुण्डया (śuṇḍayā) शुण्डा¹ (śuṇḍā¹) |
शुण्डाभ्याम् (śuṇḍābhyām) | शुण्डाभिः (śuṇḍābhiḥ) |
| dative | शुण्डायै (śuṇḍāyai) | शुण्डाभ्याम् (śuṇḍābhyām) | शुण्डाभ्यः (śuṇḍābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शुण्डायाः (śuṇḍāyāḥ) शुण्डायै² (śuṇḍāyai²) |
शुण्डाभ्याम् (śuṇḍābhyām) | शुण्डाभ्यः (śuṇḍābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शुण्डायाः (śuṇḍāyāḥ) शुण्डायै² (śuṇḍāyai²) |
शुण्डयोः (śuṇḍayoḥ) | शुण्डानाम् (śuṇḍānām) |
| locative | शुण्डायाम् (śuṇḍāyām) | शुण्डयोः (śuṇḍayoḥ) | शुण्डासु (śuṇḍāsu) |
| vocative | शुण्डे (śuṇḍe) | शुण्डे (śuṇḍe) | शुण्डाः (śuṇḍāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 354
- Monier Williams (1899), “शुण्डा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1081.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śuṇḍā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press