शून्य

Hindi

Hindi numbers ^(edit)

		० 0	1  →	10  →
Cardinal: शून्य (śūnya), सिफ़र (sifar)     Ordinal: शून्यवाँ (śūnyavā̃)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya). Doublet of सूना (sūnā), a tadbhava.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃuːn.jə/, [ʃũːɲ.jɐ]

Numeral

शून्य • (śūnya) (native script symbol ०, Urdu spelling شونیہ) (cardinal)

1. zero; 0

   मेरे पास शून्य रुपये है। ― mere pās śūnya rupye hai. ― I have zero rupees with me.

Synonyms

• सिफ़र (sifar)

Noun

शून्य • (śūnya) ? (Urdu spelling شونیہ)

1. nil, nothing, squat, naught, null
2. nothingness

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Adjective

शून्य • (śūnya) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling شونیہ)

1. empty, vacuous
2. devoid of matter

Marathi

Marathi numbers ^(edit)

		० 0	1  →	10  →
Cardinal: शून्य (śūnya)     Ordinal: शून्यावा (śūnyāvā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya), through Old Marathi 𑘫𑘳𑘡𑘿𑘧 (śunya).

Numeral

शून्य • (śūnya)

1. zero

Adjective

शून्य • (śūnya)

1. empty, void

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “शून्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “शून्य”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule; Anne Feldhaus (1999), “शून्य”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

Nepali

Nepali numbers ^(edit)

		० 0	1  →	10  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: शून्य (śūnya), सुन्ना (sunnā)     Ordinal: शून्यौँ (śūnya͠u)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sunːe]
• Phonetic Devanagari: सुन्ने
• IPA^(key): [sunːä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: सुन्ना

Numeral

शून्य • (śūnya)

1. zero

Adjective

शून्य • (śūnya)

1. empty, void

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: शून्य (śūnya)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শূন্য (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬹᬦ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• শূন্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰳𑰡𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀽𑀦𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ၐူနျ (Burmese script)
• શૂન્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੂਨ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍂𑌨𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦹꦤꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂴𑂢𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಶೂನ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ឝូន្យ (Khmer script)
• ຨູນ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ശൂന്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡠᡠᠨᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘴𑘡𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠤᠤᠨᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧕𑧁𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐹𑐣𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଶୂନ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢹꢥ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆷𑆤𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖳𑖡𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ශූන්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩒𑩛𑩯 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚱𑚝𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஶூந்ய (Tamil script)
• శూన్య (Telugu script)
• ศูนฺย (Thai script)
• ཤཱུ་ནྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒴𑒢𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨃𑨊𑨝𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Formed from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówH- (“hollow”), related to Latin cavus (“hollow”), as well as Ancient Greek κύαρ (kúar, “eye of a needle, earhole”) and Tocharian B kor (“throat”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕuːn.jɐ/, [ɕuːj̃.jɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕuːn̪.jɐ/

Noun

शू॒न्य • (śūnyá) stem, n

1. zero
2. (mathematics) cipher, cypher

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शू॒न्य

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शू॒न्यम् (śūnyám)	शू॒न्ये (śūnyé)	शू॒न्यानि॑ (śūnyā́ni) शू॒न्या¹ (śūnyā́¹)
accusative	शू॒न्यम् (śūnyám)	शू॒न्ये (śūnyé)	शू॒न्यानि॑ (śūnyā́ni) शू॒न्या¹ (śūnyā́¹)
instrumental	शू॒न्येन॑ (śūnyéna)	शू॒न्याभ्या॑म् (śūnyā́bhyām)	शू॒न्यैः (śūnyáiḥ) शू॒न्येभिः॑¹ (śūnyébhiḥ¹)
dative	शू॒न्याय॑ (śūnyā́ya)	शू॒न्याभ्या॑म् (śūnyā́bhyām)	शू॒न्येभ्यः॑ (śūnyébhyaḥ)
ablative	शू॒न्यात् (śūnyā́t)	शू॒न्याभ्या॑म् (śūnyā́bhyām)	शू॒न्येभ्यः॑ (śūnyébhyaḥ)
genitive	शू॒न्यस्य॑ (śūnyásya)	शू॒न्ययोः॑ (śūnyáyoḥ)	शू॒न्याना॑म् (śūnyā́nām)
locative	शू॒न्ये (śūnyé)	शू॒न्ययोः॑ (śūnyáyoḥ)	शू॒न्येषु॑ (śūnyéṣu)
vocative	शून्य॑ (śū́nya)	शून्ये॑ (śū́nye)	शून्या॑नि (śū́nyāni) शून्या॑¹ (śū́nyā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Adjective

शून्य • (śūnya) stem

1. blank, deserted
2. empty, void
3. destitute of

Descendants

• Pali: suñña (see there for further descendants)
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (suṇṇa) (see there for further descendants)
  • Assamese: সূঞ (xuñ)
  • Dhivehi: ސުން (sun̊)

Borrowings:

• → Arabic: صِفْر (ṣifr) (semantic loan) (see there for further descendants)
• → Bengali: শূন্য (śunno)
• → Gujarati: શૂન્ય (śūnya)
• → Saurashtra: ꢯꢹꢥ꣄ꢫꣁ (śūnyo)
• → Hindi: शून्य (śūnya)
• → Nepali: शून्य (śūnya)
• → Odia: ଶୁନ୍ୟ (śunya)
• → Sinhalese: ශුන්යය (śunyaya)
• → Lao: ສູນ (sūn)
• → Old Kannada: ಸುನ್ನ (sunna)
  • Kannada: ಸೊನ್ನೆ (sonne)
• → Old Khmer: ឝូន្យ (śūnya)
  • Khmer: សូន្យ (sōn)
  • → Thai: ศูนย์ (sǔun)
    • → Shan: သူၼ် (sǔun)
• → Old Marathi: 𑘫𑘳𑘡𑘿𑘧 (śunya)
  • Marathi: शून्य (śūnya)
• → Tamil: சூனியம் (cūṉiyam)
• ⇒ Telugu: శూన్యము (śūnyamu)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “शून्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1085, column 1.