शून्य

Hindi

Hindi numbers (edit)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃuːnj/

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Numeral

शून्य • (śūnya), Urdu spelling: شونیہ‎

1. (cardinal) 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

Marathi numbers (edit)

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

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya).

Numeral

शून्य • (śūnya)

1. (cardinal) 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. (cardinal) zero

Adjective

शून्य • (śūnya), pronounced सुन्ने (sunne)

1. empty, void

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers (edit)

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Cardinal: शून्य (śūnya)

Etymology

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

Noun

शून्य • (śūnya) n

1. zero
2. (mathematics) cipher, cypher

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शून्य
Nom. sg.	शून्यम् (śūnyam)
Gen. sg.	शून्यस्य (śūnyasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शून्यम् (śūnyam)	शून्ये (śūnye)	शून्यानि (śūnyāni)
Vocative	शून्य (śūnya)	शून्ये (śūnye)	शून्यानि (śūnyāni)
Accusative	शून्यम् (śūnyam)	शून्ये (śūnye)	शून्यानि (śūnyāni)
Instrumental	शून्येन (śūnyena)	शून्याभ्याम् (śūnyābhyām)	शून्यैः (śūnyaiḥ)
Dative	शून्याय (śūnyāya)	शून्याभ्याम् (śūnyābhyām)	शून्येभ्यः (śūnyebhyaḥ)
Ablative	शून्यात् (śūnyāt)	शून्याभ्याम् (śūnyābhyām)	शून्येभ्यः (śūnyebhyaḥ)
Genitive	शून्यस्य (śūnyasya)	शून्ययोः (śūnyayoḥ)	शून्यानाम् (śūnyānām)
Locative	शून्ये (śūnye)	शून्ययोः (śūnyayoḥ)	शून्येषु (śūnyeṣu)

Adjective

शून्य • (śūnya)

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

Descendants

• Bengali: শূন্য (śūnya)
• Burmese: သုည (su.nya.)
• Hindi: शून्य (śūnya)
• Kannada: ಸೊನ್ನೆ (sonne)
• Khmer: សូន្យ (sōn)
• Lao: ສູນ (suun)
• Punjabi: ਸੁੰਨ (sunn)
• Sinhala: ශුන්යය (śunyaya)
• Telugu: శూన్యము (śūnyamu)
• Thai: ศูนย์ (sǔun)