शुण्ठ्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শুণ্ঠ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬸᬡ᭄ᬞ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শুণ্ঠ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰙𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀞𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐုဏ္ဌ် (Burmese script)
- શુણ્ઠ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੁਣ੍ਠ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌠𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦸꦟ꧀ꦜ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂘𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶುಣ್ಠ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝុណ្ឋ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨຸຓ຺ຐ຺ (Lao script)
- ശുണ്ഠ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡠᢏᡱ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘙𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠤᢏᢍ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧔𑦼𑧠𑦹𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐛𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶୁଣ୍ଠ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢸꢠ꣄ꢝ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆜𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖙𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශුණ්ඨ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩧 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚕𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶுண்ட்² (Tamil script)
- శుణ్ఠ్ (Telugu script)
- ศุณฺฐฺ (Thai script)
- ཤུ་ཎྛ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒚𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨕𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of unclear origin. Possibly related to शुष्क (śuṣka, “dried up”). Other theories link the root to Dravidian; compare Tamil சுண்டு (cuṇṭu, “to dry up”), Telugu చుండు (cuṇḍu, “to be evaporated or dried up”)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕuɳʈʰ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕuɳʈʰ/
Root
शुण्ठ् • (śuṇṭh)
Derived terms
- शुण्ठति (śuṇṭhati)
- शुण्ठयति (śuṇṭhayati)
- शुण्ठी (śuṇṭhī)
- शुण्ठ्य (śuṇṭhya)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शुण्ठ्”, 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