शुक
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- শুক (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬸᬓ (Balinese script)
- শুক (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰲𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀼𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ၐုက (Burmese script)
- શુક (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੁਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍁𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦸꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂳𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಶುಕ (Kannada script)
- ឝុក (Khmer script)
- ຨຸກ (Lao script)
- ശുക (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘳𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠤᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧔𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐸𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଶୁକ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢸꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆶𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖲𑖎 (Siddham script)
- ශුක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩒𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚰𑚊 (Takri script)
- ஶுக (Tamil script)
- శుక (Telugu script)
- ศุก (Thai script)
- ཤུ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒳𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨃𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *kū-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”), see also Saterland Frisian huulje (“to howl”), German heulen (“to howl”), Lithuanian kaukti, Tocharian B kauk-, etc.[1]
Noun[edit]
शुक • (śúka) stem, m
- parrot (RV.)
- name of a poet (Rājat.)
- a species of acacia (L.)
- A scrambling shrub or tree of species Ziziphus oenopolia (syn. Ziziphus scandens (L.)), found in dry tropical environments from India to eastern China and northeastern Australia.
- name of a son of Vyasa (MBh., Pur.)
- name of a warrior (MBh.)
- name of an asura (Hariv.)
- name of a king of the Gandharvas (R.)
- name of a minister of Rāvaṇa (R.)
- name of a Brahman ascetic (Buddh.)
Declension[edit]
| Masculine a-stem declension of शुक | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | शुकः (śukaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | शुकस्य (śukasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | शुकः (śukaḥ) | शुकौ (śukau) | शुकाः (śukāḥ) |
| Vocative | शुक (śuka) | शुकौ (śukau) | शुकाः (śukāḥ) |
| Accusative | शुकम् (śukam) | शुकौ (śukau) | शुकान् (śukān) |
| Instrumental | शुकेन (śukena) | शुकाभ्याम् (śukābhyām) | शुकैः (śukaiḥ) |
| Dative | शुकाय (śukāya) | शुकाभ्याम् (śukābhyām) | शुकेभ्यः (śukebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | शुकात् (śukāt) | शुकाभ्याम् (śukābhyām) | शुकेभ्यः (śukebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | शुकस्य (śukasya) | शुकयोः (śukayoḥ) | शुकानाम् (śukānām) |
| Locative | शुके (śuke) | शुकयोः (śukayoḥ) | शुकेषु (śukeṣu) |
Descendants[edit]
- → Telugu: శుకము (śukamu)
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
शुक • (śúka) stem, n
- (botany) name of various plants (L.)
- name of a particular drug or perfume, a gall also called granthiparam or ganthiala (L.)
- hem of a garment (L.)
- cloth, clothes (L.)
- helmet, turban (L.)
- name of a mythical weapon (MBh.)
Declension[edit]
| Neuter a-stem declension of शुक | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | शुकम् (śukam) | ||
| Gen. sg. | शुकस्य (śukasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | शुकम् (śukam) | शुके (śuke) | शुकानि (śukāni) |
| Vocative | शुक (śuka) | शुके (śuke) | शुकानि (śukāni) |
| Accusative | शुकम् (śukam) | शुके (śuke) | शुकानि (śukāni) |
| Instrumental | शुकेन (śukena) | शुकाभ्याम् (śukābhyām) | शुकैः (śukaiḥ) |
| Dative | शुकाय (śukāya) | शुकाभ्याम् (śukābhyām) | शुकेभ्यः (śukebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | शुकात् (śukāt) | शुकाभ्याम् (śukābhyām) | शुकेभ्यः (śukebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | शुकस्य (śukasya) | शुकयोः (śukayoḥ) | शुकानाम् (śukānām) |
| Locative | शुके (śuke) | शुकयोः (śukayoḥ) | शुकेषु (śukeṣu) |
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “शुक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1079.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1474, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1474