सोनउं

Old Gujarati

Alternative forms

• सोवन्नउं (sovannaüṃ), सोव्रन (sovrana)

Etymology

Inherited from Gurjar Apabhramsa सोण्णउं (soṇṇaũ), from Prakrit सोअण्ण (soaṇṇa), सोवण्ण (sovaṇṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit सौवर्ण (sauvarṇa), vṛddhi derivative of सुवर्ण (suvárṇa).

Noun

सोनउं • (sonaüṃ) n

1. gold
   • c. 14th century, Vasantavilās 71b:

     मुरकलइं मुह मचकोडइ मोडइ ललवल अंगु।
     वानि सोवन्न वखोडइ लोडइ नितु नवु रंगु।

     murakalaïṃ muha macakoḍaï moḍaï lalavala aṃgu.
     vāni sovanna vakhoḍaï loḍaï nitu navu raṃgu.

   • c. 1450, Nalarāyadavadantīcarita 45:

     मरकत-मणि साथीय कूयलउं। पीत कंति सोना-नउं तलउं।
     पदमराग-थांभा रूयडा। चित्रि लिख्या सारस-सूयडा॥

     marakata-maṇi sāthīya kūyalaüṃ. pīta kaṃti sonā-naüṃ talaüṃ.
     padamarāga-thāṃbhā rūyaḍā. citri likhyā sārasa-sūyaḍā.

     [a splendid pavilion adorned] with a delicate svastika of emerald and a floor of lovely yellow gold,
     beautiful with ruby pillars, and pictures of sāras-birds and parrots

Descendants

• Gojri: سونو (sono)
• Gujarati: સોનું (sonũ)
• Malvi: सोनो (sono)
• Marwari:

  Devanagari script: सोनौ (sonau), स़ोनौ

  Mahajani script: 𑅰𑅔𑅧𑅒 (sonu), 𑅰𑅳𑅔𑅧𑅒 (sonu)

References

• Ernest Bender (1951) “sonā, sona”, in Nalarāyadavadantīcarita [Adventures of King Nala and Davadantī], Independence Square, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, page 369, column 2.
• मधुसूदन चिमनलाल मोदी [Madhusudan Chimannlal Modi] (1960) “सोवन्न”, in वसन्त विलास [Vasantavilas, lit. The Joys of Spring], जोधपुर, राजस्थान [Jodhpur, Rajasthan]: राजस्थान प्राच्यविद्या प्रतिष्ठान [Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute], page ९१, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “suvárṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 779