शङ्क्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শঙ্ক্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬗ᭄ᬓ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শঙ্ক্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀗𑁆𑀓𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐင်္က် (Burmese script)
- શઙ્ક્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਙ੍ਕ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦔ꧀ꦏ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಙ್ಕ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝង្ក៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨງ຺ກ຺ (Lao script)
- ശങ്ക് (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᢛᡬ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢊᢉ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐒𑑂𑐎𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶଙ୍କ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢖ꣄ꢒ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆕𑇀𑆑𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශඞ්ක් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩠 𑪙𑩜 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶங்க் (Tamil script)
- శఙ్క్ (Telugu script)
- ศงฺกฺ (Thai script)
- ཤ་ངྐ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒓𑓂𑒏𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to hang”). Cognate with English hang and Latin cūnctor (“I delay, I stall (something)”).[1]
Root
शङ्क् • (śaṅk)
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root शङ्क् (0 c, 2 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root शङ्क् not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- शङ्कते (śáṅkate) (Present)
- शङ्किष्यते (śaṅkiṣyáte) (Future)
- शङ्किता (śaṅkitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अशङ्कीत् (áśaṅkīt) (Aorist)
- शशङ्के (śaśáṅke) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- शङ्क्यते (śaṅkyáte) (Passive)
- अशङ्कि (áśaṅki) (Passive Aorist)
- शङ्कयति (śaṅkáyati) (Causative)
- Non-Finite Forms
- शङ्कित (śaṅkita) (Past Participle)
- शङ्कितुम् (śaṅkitum) (Infinitive)
- शङ्क्य (śaṅkya) (Gerund)
- शङ्क्य (śaṅkya) (Gerundive)
- शङ्कितव्य (śaṅkitavya) (Gerundive)
- शङ्कनीय (śaṅkanīya) (Gerundive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- अतिशङ्क् (atiśaṅk)
- अभिशङ्क् (abhiśaṅk)
- आशङ्क् (āśaṅk)
- उपशङ्क् (upaśaṅk)
- परिशङ्क् (pariśaṅk)
- प्रतिशङ्क् (pratiśaṅk)
- विशङ्क् (viśaṅk)
- संशङ्क् (saṃśaṅk)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ŚAṄK”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 604
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “शङ्क्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1047, column 1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 170
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “śaṅk”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.