सुन्न

See also: सत्र, सूत्र, सनना, सन्न, सन्नी, सानना, सुनना, सुनाना, सुन्ना, सुन्नी, and स्नान

Hindi

Alternative forms

• सुन (sun)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Punjabi ਸੁੰਨ (sunn)bor.?

Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya)

Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (suṇṇa)?

Hindi सन्न (sann)influ.?

Hindi सुन्न

Probably borrowed from Punjabi ਸੁੰਨ (sunn, “numb, insensible”), itself borrowed from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnyá, “blank, empty, destitute of; void, zero”), otherwise inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (suṇṇa, “empty”) without cluster simplification, from the same Sanskrit etymon. If inherited, possibly also influenced by सन्न (sann, “stunned, stupefied, speechless (with fear or dismay)”).

Doublet of शून्य (śūnya), सुन्ना (sunnā), and सूना (sūnā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /sʊnn/, [sʊ̃n(ː)]

Adjective

सुन्न • (sunn) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling سن)

1. empty, blank, void
2. desolate, dreary, lonely
3. still, quiet
4. silent, speechless
5. numb, benumbed, insensible

   ठंड से मेरी उँगलियाँ सुन्न हो चुकी हैं। ― ṭhaṇḍ se merī uṅgliyā̃ sunn ho cukī ha͠i. ― My fingers have grown numb with cold.

6. stunned, paralysed (as with fear)

Noun

सुन्न • (sunn) m (Urdu spelling سن) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

1. void, blank
2. zero, nought
3. dot, point, mark
4. desolateness, dreariness, loneliness
5. stillness, silence
6. state of insensibility, fainting fit, swoon

Declension

Declension of सुन्न (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सुन्न sunn	सुन्न sunn
oblique	सुन्न sunn	सुन्नों sunnõ
vocative	सुन्न sunn	सुन्नो sunno

Related terms

• सुनबहरी (sunbahrī)
• सुनसान (sunsān)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सुन्न”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1027
• Platts, John T. (1884), “سن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 679