शून्य

Hindi

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Cardinal: शून्य (śūnya)     Ordinal: शून्यवां (śūnyavā̃)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃuːn.jə/

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Numeral

शून्य • (śūnya) (Urdu spelling شونیہ‎)

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

Adjective

शून्य • (śūnya) (Urdu spelling شونیہ‎)

1. empty, vacuous
2. devoid of matter

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Marathi

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Cardinal: शून्य (śūnya)     Ordinal: शून्यवा (śūnyavā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya).

Numeral

शून्य • (śūnya)

1. zero

Adjective

शून्य • (śūnya)

1. empty, void

References

• Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), “शून्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “शून्य”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

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Nepali

Numeral

शून्य • (śūnya), pronounced सुन्ना (sunnā)

1. zero

Adjective

शून्य • (śūnya), pronounced सुन्ने (sunne)

1. empty, void

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Sanskrit

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Cardinal: शून्य (śūnya)

Etymology

Formed from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówH-, related to Latin cavus (“hollow”).

Noun

शून्य • (śūnyá) n

1. zero
2. (mathematics) cipher, cypher

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शून्य (śūnyá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शून्यम् śūnyám	शून्ये śūnyé	शून्यानि / शून्या¹ śūnyā́ni / śūnyā́¹
Vocative	शून्य śū́nya	शून्ये śū́nye	शून्यानि / शून्या¹ śū́nyāni / śū́nyā¹
Accusative	शून्यम् śūnyám	शून्ये śūnyé	शून्यानि / शून्या¹ śūnyā́ni / śūnyā́¹
Instrumental	शून्येन śūnyéna	शून्याभ्याम् śūnyā́bhyām	शून्यैः / शून्येभिः¹ śūnyaíḥ / śūnyébhiḥ¹
Dative	शून्याय śūnyā́ya	शून्याभ्याम् śūnyā́bhyām	शून्येभ्यः śūnyébhyaḥ
Ablative	शून्यात् śūnyā́t	शून्याभ्याम् śūnyā́bhyām	शून्येभ्यः śūnyébhyaḥ
Genitive	शून्यस्य śūnyásya	शून्ययोः śūnyáyoḥ	शून्यानाम् śūnyā́nām
Locative	शून्ये śūnyé	शून्ययोः śūnyáyoḥ	शून्येषु śūnyéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Adjective

शून्य • (śūnya)

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

Descendants

• Assamese: সূঞ (xuñ)
• Bengali: শূন্য (śūnjô)
• Burmese: သုည (su.nya.)
• Dhivehi: ސުން‎ (sun)
• Gujarati: શૂન્ય (śūnya)
• Hindi: शून्य (śūnya)
• Kannada: ಸೊನ್ನೆ (sonne)
• Khmer: សូន្យ (sōn)
• Lao: ສູນ (sūn)
• Lü ᦉᦳᧃ (ṡun)
• Marathi: शून्य (śūnya)
• Oriya: ଶୁନ୍ୟ (śunyô)
• Pali: suñña
• Punjabi: ਸੁੰਨ (sunn)
• Shan: သူၼ် (sǔun)
• Sinhalese: ශුන්යය (śunyaya)
• Telugu: శూన్యము (śūnyamu)
• Thai: ศูนย์ (sǔun)