लशुन
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- লশুন (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬰᬸᬦ (Balinese script)
- লশুন (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰫𑰲𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀰𑀼𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- လၐုန (Burmese script)
- લશુન (Gujarati script)
- ਲਸ਼ੁਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑌶𑍁𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦯꦸꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂬𑂳𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಲಶುನ (Kannada script)
- លឝុន (Khmer script)
- ລຨຸນ (Lao script)
- ലശുന (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᠠᡧᡠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘫𑘳𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠠᠱᠤᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑧋𑧔𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐱𑐸𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଲଶୁନ (Odia script)
- ꢭꢯꢸꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆯𑆶𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖫𑖲𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ලශුන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩿𑩒𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚧𑚰𑚝 (Takri script)
- லஶுந (Tamil script)
- లశున (Telugu script)
- ลศุน (Thai script)
- ལ་ཤུ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒬𑒳𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨮𑨃𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]A Kulturwort of unclear origin; the pre-form is reconstructed by Burrow as *स्लशुन (*slaśuna). Mayrhofer originally considered Indo-European origin possible, in light of the word's relatively early (albeit post-Vedic) attestation and suffix -उन (-una);[1] however, he later considers the word's post-Vedic nature more significant, and possibly an indicator against Indo-European origin. A Dravidian origin is possible, though not favored by Mayrhofer. Note similarities with Proto-Sino-Tibetan *swa-n (“garlic”), which may be a loan from the same source as the Sanskrit; see Old Chinese 蒜 (OC *sloːns, “garlic”) for more.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]लशुन • (laśuna) stem, n
- garlic
- (defined solely as garlic) Synonyms: सितलशुन (sitalaśuna), सोनह (sonaha), तरिता (taritā), डिण्डिरमोदक (ḍiṇḍiramodaka), वीरसैन्य (vīrasainya), ग्रन्थिमूल (granthimūla)
- (among other definitions) Synonyms: यवनेष्ट (yavaneṣṭa), उग्रगन्ध (ugragandha), अरिष्ट (ariṣṭa), भूतघ्न (bhūtaghna), कटुकन्द (kaṭukanda), शाककलम्बक (śākakalambaka)
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | लशुनम् (laśunam) | लशुने (laśune) | लशुनानि (laśunāni) लशुना¹ (laśunā¹) |
| accusative | लशुनम् (laśunam) | लशुने (laśune) | लशुनानि (laśunāni) लशुना¹ (laśunā¹) |
| instrumental | लशुनेन (laśunena) | लशुनाभ्याम् (laśunābhyām) | लशुनैः (laśunaiḥ) लशुनेभिः¹ (laśunebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | लशुनाय (laśunāya) | लशुनाभ्याम् (laśunābhyām) | लशुनेभ्यः (laśunebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | लशुनात् (laśunāt) | लशुनाभ्याम् (laśunābhyām) | लशुनेभ्यः (laśunebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | लशुनस्य (laśunasya) | लशुनयोः (laśunayoḥ) | लशुनानाम् (laśunānām) |
| locative | लशुने (laśune) | लशुनयोः (laśunayoḥ) | लशुनेषु (laśuneṣu) |
| vocative | लशुन (laśuna) | लशुने (laśune) | लशुनानि (laśunāni) लशुना¹ (laśunā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
[edit]- → Balinese: ᬓᭂᬲᬸᬦ (kesuna) (through another language)
- → Malay: dasun داسون
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀮𑀲𑀼𑀡 (lasuṇa), 𑀮𑀲𑀡 (lasaṇa)
- → Old Javanese: [script needed] (jasun) (possibly)
- Pali: lasuṇa
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀮𑀲𑀼𑀡 (lasuṇa)
References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976), “láśunam”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 94
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “laśuna-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 439
Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899), “लशुन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 899/1.