शून्यता

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शून्यता (śūnyatā). By surface analysis, शून्य (śūnya, “zero, void”) +‎ -ता (-tā, “-ness”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

शून्यता • (śūnyatā) f

1. emptiness, void, vacuum

   Synonyms: रिक्तता (riktatā), अभाव (abhāv), अस्तित्वहीनता (astitvahīntā)

   Antonyms: पूर्णता (pūrṇatā), अस्तित्व (astitva)

2. nihility, nullity

Declension

Declension of शून्यता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शून्यता śūnyatā	शून्यताएँ śūnyatāẽ
oblique	शून्यता śūnyatā	शून्यताओं śūnyatāõ
vocative	शून्यता śūnyatā	शून्यताओ śūnyatāo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “शून्यता”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4779
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “शून्यता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 954

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• শূন্যতা (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬹᬦ᭄ᬬᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• শূন্যতা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰳𑰡𑰿𑰧𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀽𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ၐူနျတာ (Burmese script)
• શૂન્યતા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੂਨ੍ਯਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍂𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦹꦤꦾꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂴𑂢𑂹𑂨𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಶೂನ್ಯತಾ (Kannada script)
• ឝូន្យតា (Khmer script)
• ຨູນ຺ຍຕາ (Lao script)
• ശൂന്യതാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡠᡠᠨᠶᠠᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘴𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠤᠤᠨᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧕𑧁𑧠𑧇𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐹𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶୂନ୍ଯତା (Odia script)
• ꢯꢹꢥ꣄ꢫꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆷𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖳𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ශූන්‍යතා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩒𑩛𑩯 𑪙𑩻𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚱𑚝𑚶𑚣𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஶூந்யதா (Tamil script)
• శూన్యతా (Telugu script)
• ศูนฺยตา (Thai script)
• ཤཱུ་ནྱ་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒴𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨃𑨊𑨝𑩇𑨪𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From शून्य (śūnya, “zero, nothing”) +‎ -ता (-tā, generalizing suffix).

Noun

शून्यता • (śūnyatā) stem, f

1. sunyata; nonexistence, nonreality, psychological and metaphysical nothingness

Descendants

• → Burmese: သုညတ (su.nya.ta.)
• Chinese: 舜若多 (MC sywinH nyaeX ta)
• → Chinese: 空性 (kōngxìng) (calque)
• → English: sunyata, shunyata, Śūnyatā
• Hindi: शून्यता (śūnyatā)
• Bengali: শূন্যতা (śunnota)
• Khmer: សុញ្ញតា (soññɔɔtaa)
• Pali: suññatā
• → Thai: สุญตา, ศูนยตา
• → Tibetan: སྟོང་པ་ཉིད (stong pa nyid) (calque)