शून्यता

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शून्यता (śūnyatā). By surface analysis, शून्य (śūnya, zero, void) +‎ -ता (-tā, -ness).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃuːn.jə.t̪ɑː/, [ʃũːɲ.jɐ.t̪äː]

Noun

शून्यता • (śūnyatāf

  1. emptiness, void, vacuum
    Synonyms: रिक्तता (riktatā), अभाव (abhāv), अस्तित्वहीनता (astitvahīntā)
    Antonyms: पूर्णता (pūrṇatā), अस्तित्व (astitva)
  2. nihility, nullity

Declension

Declension of शून्यता (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct शून्यता
śūnyatā
शून्यताएँ
śūnyatāẽ
oblique शून्यता
śūnyatā
शून्यताओं
śūnyatāõ
vocative शून्यता
śūnyatā
शून्यताओ
śūnyatāo

References

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From शून्य (śūnya, zero, nothing) +‎ -ता (-tā, generalizing suffix).

Noun

शून्यता • (śūnyatā) stemf

  1. sunyata; nonexistence, nonreality, psychological and metaphysical nothingness

Descendants

  • Burmese: သုညတ (su.nya.ta.)
  • Chinese: 舜若多 (MC sywinH nyaeX ta)
  • Chinese: 空性 (calque)
  • English: sunyata, shunyata, Śūnyatā
  • Hindi: शून्यता (śūnyatā)
  • Bengali: শূন্যতা (śunnota)
  • Khmer: សុញ្ញតា (soññɔɔtaa)
  • Pali: suññatā
  • Thai: สุญตา, ศูนยตา
  • Tibetan: སྟོང་པ་ཉིད (stong pa nyid) (calque)