शुण्ठी
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- शुण्ठि (śuṇṭhi)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শুণ্ঠী (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬸᬡ᭄ᬞᬷ (Balinese script)
- শুণ্ঠী (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰙𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀞𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ၐုဏ္ဌီ (Burmese script)
- શુણ્ઠી (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੁਣ੍ਠੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌠𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦸꦟ꧀ꦜꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂘𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಶುಣ್ಠೀ (Kannada script)
- ឝុណ្ឋី (Khmer script)
- ຨຸຓ຺ຐີ (Lao script)
- ശുണ്ഠീ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡠᢏᡱᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘙𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠤᢏᢍᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧔𑦼𑧠𑦹𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐛𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଶୁଣ୍ଠୀ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢸꢠ꣄ꢝꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆜𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖙𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ශුණ්ඨී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩧𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚕𑚯 (Takri script)
- ஶுண்டீ² (Tamil script)
- శుణ్ఠీ (Telugu script)
- ศุณฺฐี (Thai script)
- ཤུ་ཎྛཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒚𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨕𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root शुण्ठ् (śuṇṭh, “to dry”), which itself is from Dravidian; compare Tamil சுண்டு (cuṇṭu, “to dry up”), Telugu చుండు (cuṇḍu, “to be evaporated or dried up”). Superficial resemblances to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ (“ginger”) and Dravidian இஞ்சி (iñci, “ginger”) have been noted, but the terms are likely unrelated.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕuɳ.ʈʰiː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕuɳ.ʈʰiː/
Noun
शुण्ठी • (śuṇṭhī) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गुहा (gúhā) | गुहे (gúhe) | गुहाः (gúhāḥ) |
| accusative | गुहाम् (gúhām) | गुहे (gúhe) | गुहाः (gúhāḥ) |
| instrumental | गुहया (gúhayā) गुहा¹ (gúhā¹) |
गुहाभ्याम् (gúhābhyām) | गुहाभिः (gúhābhiḥ) |
| dative | गुहायै (gúhāyai) | गुहाभ्याम् (gúhābhyām) | गुहाभ्यः (gúhābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गुहायाः (gúhāyāḥ) गुहायै² (gúhāyai²) |
गुहाभ्याम् (gúhābhyām) | गुहाभ्यः (gúhābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गुहायाः (gúhāyāḥ) गुहायै² (gúhāyai²) |
गुहयोः (gúhayoḥ) | गुहानाम् (gúhānām) |
| locative | गुहायाम् (gúhāyām) | गुहयोः (gúhayoḥ) | गुहासु (gúhāsu) |
| vocative | गुहे (gúhe) | गुहे (gúhe) | गुहाः (gúhāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- → Kannada: ಶುಂಠಿ (śuṇṭhi)
- → Telugu: శొంఠి (śoṇṭhi), శుంఠి (śuṇṭhi), సొంటి (soṇṭi)
- → Tulu: ಶುಂಠಿ (śuṇṭhi)
- → Malayalam: ശുണ്ഠി (śuṇṭhi)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शुण्ठी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1081/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 493
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 353-4