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

शङ्कु • (śaṅkú) stem, m

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

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of शङ्कु
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शङ्कुः (śaṅkúḥ)	शङ्कू (śaṅkū́)	शङ्कवः (śaṅkávaḥ)
accusative	शङ्कुम् (śaṅkúm)	शङ्कू (śaṅkū́)	शङ्कून् (śaṅkū́n)
instrumental	शङ्कुना (śaṅkúnā) शङ्क्वा¹ (śaṅkvā́¹)	शङ्कुभ्याम् (śaṅkúbhyām)	शङ्कुभिः (śaṅkúbhiḥ)
dative	शङ्कवे (śaṅkáve)	शङ्कुभ्याम् (śaṅkúbhyām)	शङ्कुभ्यः (śaṅkúbhyaḥ)
ablative	शङ्कोः (śaṅkóḥ)	शङ्कुभ्याम् (śaṅkúbhyām)	शङ्कुभ्यः (śaṅkúbhyaḥ)
genitive	शङ्कोः (śaṅkóḥ)	शङ्क्वोः (śaṅkvóḥ)	शङ्कूनाम् (śaṅkūnā́m)
locative	शङ्कौ (śaṅkaú)	शङ्क्वोः (śaṅkvóḥ)	शङ्कुषु (śaṅkúṣu)
vocative	शङ्को (śáṅko)	शङ्कू (śáṅkū)	शङ्कवः (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