ਸੁੰਨ

Punjabi

Punjabi numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: ਸਿਫ਼ਰ (sifar), ਸੁੰਨ (sunn)
    Ordinal: ਸਿਫ਼ਰਵਾਂ (sifravā̃), ਸੁੰਨਵਾਂ (sunnvā̃)

Alternative forms

  • ਸੁੰਞ (sũñ)

Etymology

From Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “empty”).

Adjective

ਸੁੰਨ • (sunn) (Shahmukhi spelling سنّ) (India)

  1. numb, benumbed, insensible, torpid
  2. (figurative) frigid, very cold

Noun

ਸੁੰਨ • (sunn) f (Shahmukhi spelling سنّ) (India)

  1. void, emptiness, nothingness, nonexistence
    Synonyms: ਵੀਰਾਨ (vīrān), ਸੁੰਞ (sũñ), ਉਜਾੜ (ujāṛ)
  2. zero
    Synonym: ਸਿਫ਼ਰ (sifar)

Derived terms

  • ਸੁੰਨਾ (sunnā, “desolate”, adjective)
  • ਸੁੰਨਮਾਨ (sunnmān, “desolate”, adjective)
  • ਸੁੰਨਵਾਦ m (sunnvād, “nihilism”)

Further reading

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