शूद्र
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शूद्र (śūdra)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃuːd̪.ɾᵊ/
Noun
शूद्र • (śūdra) m (female equivalent शूद्रा or शूद्राणी, Urdu spelling شُودْرَ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शूद्र śūdra |
शूद्र śūdra |
| oblique | शूद्र śūdra |
शूद्रों śūdrõ |
| vocative | शूद्र śūdra |
शूद्रो śūdro |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শূদ্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬹᬤ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- শূদ্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰳𑰟𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀽𑀤𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ၐူဒြ (Burmese script)
- શૂદ્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੂਦ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍂𑌦𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦹꦢꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂴𑂠𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಶೂದ್ರ (Kannada script)
- ឝូទ្រ (Khmer script)
- ຨູທ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- ശൂദ്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡠᡠᡩᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘴𑘟𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠤᠤᢑᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧕𑦿𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐹𑐡𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଶୂଦ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢯꢹꢣ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆷𑆢𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖳𑖟𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ශූද්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩒𑩛𑩭 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚱𑚛𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஶூத்³ர (Tamil script)
- శూద్ర (Telugu script)
- ศูทฺร (Thai script)
- ཤཱུ་དྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒴𑒠𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨃𑨊𑨛𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕuːd.ɾɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕuːd̪.ɾɐ/
Noun
शू॒द्र • (śūdrá) stem, m (feminine शूद्रा or शूद्री)
- a Shudra
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शू॒द्रः (śūdráḥ) | शू॒द्रौ (śūdráu) शू॒द्रा¹ (śūdrā́¹) |
शू॒द्राः (śūdrā́ḥ) शू॒द्रासः॑¹ (śūdrā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | शू॒द्रम् (śūdrám) | शू॒द्रौ (śūdráu) शू॒द्रा¹ (śūdrā́¹) |
शू॒द्रान् (śūdrā́n) |
| instrumental | शू॒द्रेण॑ (śūdréṇa) | शू॒द्राभ्या॑म् (śūdrā́bhyām) | शू॒द्रैः (śūdráiḥ) शू॒द्रेभिः॑¹ (śūdrébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शू॒द्राय॑ (śūdrā́ya) | शू॒द्राभ्या॑म् (śūdrā́bhyām) | शू॒द्रेभ्यः॑ (śūdrébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शू॒द्रात् (śūdrā́t) | शू॒द्राभ्या॑म् (śūdrā́bhyām) | शू॒द्रेभ्यः॑ (śūdrébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शू॒द्रस्य॑ (śūdrásya) | शू॒द्रयोः॑ (śūdráyoḥ) | शू॒द्राणा॑म् (śūdrā́ṇām) |
| locative | शू॒द्रे (śūdré) | शू॒द्रयोः॑ (śūdráyoḥ) | शू॒द्रेषु॑ (śūdréṣu) |
| vocative | शूद्र॑ (śū́dra) | शूद्रौ॑ (śū́drau) शूद्रा॑¹ (śū́drā¹) |
शूद्राः॑ (śū́drāḥ) शूद्रा॑सः¹ (śū́drāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Bengali: শুদ্র (śudro) (learned)
- → Hindi: शूद्र (śūdra) (learned)
- → Malayalam: ശൂദ്രൻ (śūdraṉ)
- Pali: sudda
- Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀤 (sudda)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शूद्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1085, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 650
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śūdrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 728