शून
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শূন (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬹᬦ (Balinese script)
- শূন (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰳𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀽𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ၐူန (Burmese script)
- શૂન (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੂਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍂𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦹꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂴𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಶೂನ (Kannada script)
- ឝូន (Khmer script)
- ຨູນ (Lao script)
- ശൂന (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡠᡠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘴𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠤᠤᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧕𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐹𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଶୂନ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢹꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆷𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖳𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ශූන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩒𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚱𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஶூந (Tamil script)
- శూన (Telugu script)
- ศูน (Thai script)
- ཤཱུ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒴𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨃𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁-nó-s (“swollen, hollowed”). Compare Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕuː.nɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕuː.n̪ɐ/
Participle
शून • (śūná) past passive participle (root शू)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शूनः (śūnáḥ) | शूनौ (śūnaú) शूना¹ (śūnā́¹) |
शूनाः (śūnā́ḥ) शूनासः¹ (śūnā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | शूनम् (śūnám) | शूनौ (śūnaú) शूना¹ (śūnā́¹) |
शूनान् (śūnā́n) |
| instrumental | शूनेन (śūnéna) | शूनाभ्याम् (śūnā́bhyām) | शूनैः (śūnaíḥ) शूनेभिः¹ (śūnébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शूनाय (śūnā́ya) | शूनाभ्याम् (śūnā́bhyām) | शूनेभ्यः (śūnébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शूनात् (śūnā́t) | शूनाभ्याम् (śūnā́bhyām) | शूनेभ्यः (śūnébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शूनस्य (śūnásya) | शूनयोः (śūnáyoḥ) | शूनानाम् (śūnā́nām) |
| locative | शूने (śūné) | शूनयोः (śūnáyoḥ) | शूनेषु (śūnéṣu) |
| vocative | शून (śū́na) | शूनौ (śū́nau) शूना¹ (śū́nā¹) |
शूनाः (śū́nāḥ) शूनासः¹ (śū́nāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शूना (śūnā́) | शूने (śūné) | शूनाः (śūnā́ḥ) |
| accusative | शूनाम् (śūnā́m) | शूने (śūné) | शूनाः (śūnā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | शूनया (śūnáyā) शूना¹ (śūnā́¹) |
शूनाभ्याम् (śūnā́bhyām) | शूनाभिः (śūnā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | शूनायै (śūnā́yai) | शूनाभ्याम् (śūnā́bhyām) | शूनाभ्यः (śūnā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शूनायाः (śūnā́yāḥ) शूनायै² (śūnā́yai²) |
शूनाभ्याम् (śūnā́bhyām) | शूनाभ्यः (śūnā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शूनायाः (śūnā́yāḥ) शूनायै² (śūnā́yai²) |
शूनयोः (śūnáyoḥ) | शूनानाम् (śūnā́nām) |
| locative | शूनायाम् (śūnā́yām) | शूनयोः (śūnáyoḥ) | शूनासु (śūnā́su) |
| vocative | शूने (śū́ne) | शूने (śū́ne) | शूनाः (śū́nāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शूनम् (śūnám) | शूने (śūné) | शूनानि (śūnā́ni) शूना¹ (śūnā́¹) |
| accusative | शूनम् (śūnám) | शूने (śūné) | शूनानि (śūnā́ni) शूना¹ (śūnā́¹) |
| instrumental | शूनेन (śūnéna) | शूनाभ्याम् (śūnā́bhyām) | शूनैः (śūnaíḥ) शूनेभिः¹ (śūnébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शूनाय (śūnā́ya) | शूनाभ्याम् (śūnā́bhyām) | शूनेभ्यः (śūnébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शूनात् (śūnā́t) | शूनाभ्याम् (śūnā́bhyām) | शूनेभ्यः (śūnébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शूनस्य (śūnásya) | शूनयोः (śūnáyoḥ) | शूनानाम् (śūnā́nām) |
| locative | शूने (śūné) | शूनयोः (śūnáyoḥ) | शूनेषु (śūnéṣu) |
| vocative | शून (śū́na) | शूने (śū́ne) | शूनानि (śū́nāni) शूना¹ (śū́nā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- प्रशून (praśūna, “swollen”)
- संशून (saṃśūna, “swollen”)
- शून्य (śūnya, “zero, empty”)
Descendants
- Pali: सून (sūna)
- Prakrit: सूण (sūṇa)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śūná”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Monier Williams (1899) “शून”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.