सोनउं

Old Gujarati

Alternative forms

• सोवन्नउं (sovannaüṃ), सोव्रन (sovrana)

Etymology

Inherited from Gurjara 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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 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 फागु [vasanta vilāsa phāgu], 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