शुण्डा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শুণ্ডা (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬸᬡ᭄ᬟᬵ (Balinese script)
• শুণ্ডা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰚𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ၐုဏ္ဍာ (Burmese script)
• શુણ્ડા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੁਣ੍ਡਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦸꦟ꧀ꦝꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂙𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಶುಣ್ಡಾ (Kannada script)
• ឝុណ្ឌា (Khmer script)
• ຨຸຓ຺ຑາ (Lao script)
• ശുണ്ഡാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡠᢏᡷᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘚𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠤᢏᢎᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧔𑦼𑧠𑦺𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐜𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶୁଣ୍ଡା (Odia script)
• ꢯꢸꢠ꣄ꢞꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆝𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖚𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ශුණ‍්ඩා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩨𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஶுண்ட³ா (Tamil script)
• శుణ్డా (Telugu script)
• ศุณฺฑา (Thai script)
• ཤུ་ཎྜཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨖𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably connected with चञ्चु (cañcu, “beak”) and तुण्ड (tuṇḍa, “snout”). Of non-Aryan, perhaps Dravidian or Munda origin.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕuɳ.ɖɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕuɳ.ɖɑː/

Noun

शुण्डा • (śuṇḍā) stem, f

1. elephant's trunk

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शुण्डा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शुण्डा (śuṇḍā)	शुण्डे (śuṇḍe)	शुण्डाः (śuṇḍāḥ)
accusative	शुण्डाम् (śuṇḍām)	शुण्डे (śuṇḍe)	शुण्डाः (śuṇḍāḥ)
instrumental	शुण्डया (śuṇḍayā) शुण्डा¹ (śuṇḍā¹)	शुण्डाभ्याम् (śuṇḍābhyām)	शुण्डाभिः (śuṇḍābhiḥ)
dative	शुण्डायै (śuṇḍāyai)	शुण्डाभ्याम् (śuṇḍābhyām)	शुण्डाभ्यः (śuṇḍābhyaḥ)
ablative	शुण्डायाः (śuṇḍāyāḥ) शुण्डायै² (śuṇḍāyai²)	शुण्डाभ्याम् (śuṇḍābhyām)	शुण्डाभ्यः (śuṇḍābhyaḥ)
genitive	शुण्डायाः (śuṇḍāyāḥ) शुण्डायै² (śuṇḍāyai²)	शुण्डयोः (śuṇḍayoḥ)	शुण्डानाम् (śuṇḍānām)
locative	शुण्डायाम् (śuṇḍāyām)	शुण्डयोः (śuṇḍayoḥ)	शुण्डासु (śuṇḍāsu)
vocative	शुण्डे (śuṇḍe)	शुण्डे (śuṇḍe)	शुण्डाः (śuṇḍāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Prakrit: सुंड (suṃḍa)
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: सूँड़ (sū̃ṛ), सूँड (sū̃ḍ)
    • Urdu: سونڑ (sū̃ṛ), سونڈ (sū̃ḍ)
• → Tocharian A: śuṇḍ
• → Tocharian B: śuṇḍ, śuñc

References

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 354
• Monier Williams (1899), “शुण्डा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1081.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śuṇḍā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press