शून
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শূন (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬹᬦ (Balinese script)
- শূন (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰳𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀽𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ၐူန (Burmese script)
- શૂન (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੂਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍂𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦹꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂴𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಶೂನ (Kannada script)
- ឝូន (Khmer script)
- ຨູນ (Lao script)
- ശൂന (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡠᡠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘴𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠤᠤᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧕𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐹𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଶୂନ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢹꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆷𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖳𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ශූන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩒𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚱𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஶூந (Tamil script)
- శూన (Telugu script)
- ศูน (Thai script)
- ཤཱུ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒴𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨃𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁-nó-s (“swollen, hollowed”). Compare Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕuː.nɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕuː.n̪ɐ/
Participle
शू॒न • (śūná) past passive participle (root शू)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शू॒नः (śūnáḥ) | शू॒नौ (śūnáu) शू॒ना¹ (śūnā́¹) |
शू॒नाः (śūnā́ḥ) शू॒नासः॑¹ (śūnā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | शू॒नम् (śūnám) | शू॒नौ (śūnáu) शू॒ना¹ (śūnā́¹) |
शू॒नान् (śūnā́n) |
| instrumental | शू॒नेन॑ (śūnéna) | शू॒नाभ्या॑म् (śūnā́bhyām) | शू॒नैः (śūnáiḥ) शू॒नेभिः॑¹ (śūnébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शू॒नाय॑ (śūnā́ya) | शू॒नाभ्या॑म् (śūnā́bhyām) | शू॒नेभ्यः॑ (śūnébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शू॒नात् (śūnā́t) | शू॒नाभ्या॑म् (śūnā́bhyām) | शू॒नेभ्यः॑ (śūnébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शू॒नस्य॑ (śūnásya) | शू॒नयोः॑ (śūnáyoḥ) | शू॒नाना॑म् (śūnā́nām) |
| locative | शू॒ने (śūné) | शू॒नयोः॑ (śūnáyoḥ) | शू॒नेषु॑ (śūnéṣu) |
| vocative | शून॑ (śū́na) | शूनौ॑ (śū́nau) शूना॑¹ (śū́nā¹) |
शूनाः॑ (śū́nāḥ) शूना॑सः¹ (śū́nāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शू॒ना (śūnā́) | शू॒ने (śūné) | शू॒नाः (śūnā́ḥ) |
| accusative | शू॒नाम् (śūnā́m) | शू॒ने (śūné) | शू॒नाः (śūnā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | शू॒नया॑ (śūnáyā) शू॒ना¹ (śūnā́¹) |
शू॒नाभ्या॑म् (śūnā́bhyām) | शू॒नाभिः॑ (śūnā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | शू॒नायै॑ (śūnā́yai) | शू॒नाभ्या॑म् (śūnā́bhyām) | शू॒नाभ्यः॑ (śūnā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शू॒नायाः॑ (śūnā́yāḥ) शू॒नायै॑² (śūnā́yai²) |
शू॒नाभ्या॑म् (śūnā́bhyām) | शू॒नाभ्यः॑ (śūnā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शू॒नायाः॑ (śūnā́yāḥ) शू॒नायै॑² (śūnā́yai²) |
शू॒नयोः॑ (śūnáyoḥ) | शू॒नाना॑म् (śūnā́nām) |
| locative | शू॒नाया॑म् (śūnā́yām) | शू॒नयोः॑ (śūnáyoḥ) | शू॒नासु॑ (śūnā́su) |
| vocative | शूने॑ (śū́ne) | शूने॑ (śū́ne) | शूनाः॑ (śū́nāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शू॒नम् (śūnám) | शू॒ने (śūné) | शू॒नानि॑ (śūnā́ni) शू॒ना¹ (śūnā́¹) |
| accusative | शू॒नम् (śūnám) | शू॒ने (śūné) | शू॒नानि॑ (śūnā́ni) शू॒ना¹ (śūnā́¹) |
| instrumental | शू॒नेन॑ (śūnéna) | शू॒नाभ्या॑म् (śūnā́bhyām) | शू॒नैः (śūnáiḥ) शू॒नेभिः॑¹ (śūnébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शू॒नाय॑ (śūnā́ya) | शू॒नाभ्या॑म् (śūnā́bhyām) | शू॒नेभ्यः॑ (śūnébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शू॒नात् (śūnā́t) | शू॒नाभ्या॑म् (śūnā́bhyām) | शू॒नेभ्यः॑ (śūnébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शू॒नस्य॑ (śūnásya) | शू॒नयोः॑ (śūnáyoḥ) | शू॒नाना॑म् (śūnā́nām) |
| locative | शू॒ने (śūné) | शू॒नयोः॑ (śūnáyoḥ) | शू॒नेषु॑ (śūnéṣu) |
| vocative | शून॑ (śū́na) | शूने॑ (śū́ne) | शूना॑नि (śū́nāni) शूना॑¹ (śū́nā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- प्रशून (praśūna, “swollen”)
- संशून (saṃśūna, “swollen”)
- शून्य (śūnya, “zero, empty”)
Descendants
- Pali: सून (sūna)
- Prakrit: सूण (sūṇa)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śūná”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Monier Williams (1899), “शून”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.