ਸੁੰਨ

Punjabi

Punjabi numbers ^(edit)

		੦ 0	1  →	10  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: ਸਿਫ਼ਰ (sifar), ਸੁੰਨ (sunn)     Ordinal: ਸਿਫ਼ਰਵਾਂ (sifravā̃), ਸੁੰਨਵਾਂ (sunnvā̃)

Alternative forms

• ਸੁੰਞ (sũñ)

Etymology

From Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “empty”).

Adjective

ਸੁੰਨ • (sunn) (Shahmukhi spelling سنّ) (India)

1. numb, benumbed, insensible, torpid
2. (figurative) frigid, very cold

Noun

ਸੁੰਨ • (sunn) f (Shahmukhi spelling سنّ) (India)

1. void, emptiness, nothingness, nonexistence

   Synonyms: ਵੀਰਾਨ (vīrān), ਸੁੰਞ (sũñ), ਉਜਾੜ (ujāṛ)

2. zero

   Synonym: ਸਿਫ਼ਰ (sifar)

Derived terms

• ਸੁੰਨਾ (sunnā, “desolate”, adjective)
• ਸੁੰਨਮਾਨ (sunnmān, “desolate”, adjective)
• ਸੁੰਨਵਾਦ m (sunnvād, “nihilism”)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śūnyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 728
• “ਸੁੰਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026