शूद्र

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शूद्र (śūdra)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃuːd̪.ɾᵊ/

Noun

शूद्र • (śūdra) m (female equivalent शूद्रा or शूद्राणी, Urdu spelling شُودْرَ)

1. a Shudra
2. the varna of Shudras

Declension

Declension of शूद्र (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शूद्र śūdra	शूद्र śūdra
oblique	शूद्र śūdra	शूद्रों śūdrõ
vocative	शूद्र śūdra	शूद्रो śūdro

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শূদ্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬹᬤ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• শূদ্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰳𑰟𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀽𑀤𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ၐူဒြ (Burmese script)
• શૂદ્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੂਦ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍂𑌦𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦹꦢꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂴𑂠𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಶೂದ್ರ (Kannada script)
• ឝូទ្រ (Khmer script)
• ຨູທ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• ശൂദ്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡠᡠᡩᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘴𑘟𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠤᠤᢑᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧕𑦿𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐹𑐡𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଶୂଦ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢯꢹꢣ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆷𑆢𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖳𑖟𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ශූද්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩒𑩛𑩭 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚱𑚛𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஶூத்³ர (Tamil script)
• శూద్ర (Telugu script)
• ศูทฺร (Thai script)
• ཤཱུ་དྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒴𑒠𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨃𑨊𑨛𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕuːd.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕuːd̪.ɾɐ/

Noun

शूद्र • (śūdrá) stem, m (feminine शूद्रा or शूद्री)

1. a Shudra

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शूद्र

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शूद्रः (śūdráḥ)	शूद्रौ (śūdráu) शूद्रा¹ (śūdrā́¹)	शूद्राः (śūdrā́ḥ) शूद्रासः¹ (śūdrā́saḥ¹)
accusative	शूद्रम् (śūdrám)	शूद्रौ (śūdráu) शूद्रा¹ (śūdrā́¹)	शूद्रान् (śūdrā́n)
instrumental	शूद्रेण (śūdréṇa)	शूद्राभ्याम् (śūdrā́bhyām)	शूद्रैः (śūdráiḥ) शूद्रेभिः¹ (śūdrébhiḥ¹)
dative	शूद्राय (śūdrā́ya)	शूद्राभ्याम् (śūdrā́bhyām)	शूद्रेभ्यः (śūdrébhyaḥ)
ablative	शूद्रात् (śūdrā́t)	शूद्राभ्याम् (śūdrā́bhyām)	शूद्रेभ्यः (śūdrébhyaḥ)
genitive	शूद्रस्य (śūdrásya)	शूद्रयोः (śūdráyoḥ)	शूद्राणाम् (śūdrā́ṇām)
locative	शूद्रे (śūdré)	शूद्रयोः (śūdráyoḥ)	शूद्रेषु (śūdréṣu)
vocative	शूद्र (śū́dra)	शूद्रौ (śū́drau) शूद्रा¹ (śū́drā¹)	शूद्राः (śū́drāḥ) शूद्रासः¹ (śū́drāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Bengali: শুদ্র (śudro) (learned)
• → Hindi: शूद्र (śūdra) (learned)
• → Malayalam: ശൂദ്രൻ (śūdraṉ)
• Pali: sudda
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀤 (sudda)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “शूद्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1085, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 650
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śūdrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 728