Sun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sun"

English

The Sun (1)

The Sun's astronomical symbol

Etymology

From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén (“sun; the Sun”), oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Low German Sünn, German Sonne, Faroese sunna, Icelandic sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō). More at sun.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sʌn/

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Proper noun

the Sun

2. The star at the center of the Solar System, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☉.
4. The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
6. (newspapers) An English tabloid newspaper.

Related terms

• sun
• currant bun

Translations

star

• Abkhaz: Амра (Āmrā)
• Afrikaans: Son
• Akkadian: 𒌓 m (šamšu)
• Albanian: Dielli m (definite), diell (sq) m
• Amharic: ፀሐይ (ṣ́äḥäy)
• Arabic: اَلشَّمْس‎ f (aš-šams) (definite), شَمْس‎ (ar) f (šams)
• Armenian: Արեգակ (hy) (Aregak)
• Asturian: sol (ast) m, sol (ast) m
• Avar: Бакъ (Baq̇̄)
• Azerbaijani: Günəş (az)
• Bashkir: Ҡояш (Qoyaš), ҡояш (qoyaš)
• Belarusian: Со́нца n (Sónca)
• Bengali: সূর্য (śūrjô)
• Breton: Heol m
• Bulgarian: Слъ́нце n (Slǎ́nce)
• Burmese: နေ (my) (ne)
• Catalan: Sol (ca) m
• Chechen: Малх (Malχ)
• Cherokee: ᏅᏓᎡᎨᎯ (nvdaegehi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 太陽, 太阳 (taai³ joeng⁴)

  Hakka: 日頭, 日头 (ngit-thèu)

  Mandarin: 太陽 (zh), 太阳 (zh) (tàiyáng)

  Min Nan: 日頭 (zh-min-nan), 日头 (ji̍t-thâu, li̍t-thâu), 太陽 (zh-min-nan), 太阳 (thài-iâng)

• Chukchi: Тиркытир (Tirkytir)
• Chuvash: Хӗвел (Hĕvel)
• Czech: Slunce (cs) n
• Danish: Solen (da)
• Dhivehi: އިރު‎ (dv) (iru)
• Dolgan: Күн (Kün)
• Dutch: Zon (nl) c
• Erzya: Чи (Či)
• Esperanto: suno (eo)
• Estonian: päike (et), Päike (et)
• Even: Нӫ̄лтэн (Ņȫltən)
• Evenki: Дылача̄ (Dilaçā), Сигӯн (Sigūn) (dialectical)
• Faroese: Sólin
• Finnish: Aurinko (fi)
• French: Soleil (fr) m
• Galician: sol (gl) m
• Gamilaraay: yaraay
• Georgian: მზე (ka) (mze)
• German: Sonne (de) f
• Greek: Ήλιος (el) m (Ílios)

  Ancient: ἀγαθό δαίμων m (agathó daímōn), Φᾰέθων m (Phaéthōn)

• Gujarati: સૂર્ય (gu) (sūrya)
• Hebrew: שֶׁמֶשׁ‎ (he) (shémesh), חַמָּה‎ (he) (khamá)
• Hindi: सूर्य (hi) m (sūrya), ख़्वुरशेद m (xvurśed), सूरज (hi) m (sūraj), शम्स (hi) m (śams), खुरशीद (hi) m (khurśīd), रवि (hi) m (ravi), दिनकर (hi) m (dinkar), भानु (hi) m (bhānu), आदित्य (hi) m (āditya)
• Hungarian: nap (hu), Nap (hu)
• Icelandic: sól (is), Sól (is) f
• Ido: suno (io)
• Indonesian: Matahari (id), matahari (id)

  Sundanese: panonpoe

• Ingush: Малх (Malχ)
• Irish: Grian, An Ghrian
• Italian: sole (it) m
• Japanese: 太陽 (ja) (たいよう, taiyō)
• Kalmyk: Нарн (Narn)
• Kannada: ಸೂರ್ಯ (kn) (sūrya)
• Kapampangan: Aldo
• Karelian: Päiväine, Päivy
• Kashubian: Słuńce n
• Kazakh: Күн (kk) (Kün)
• Khakas: Кӱн (Kün)
• Khmer: ព្រះអាទិត្យ (km) (preah aatɨt)
• Komi-Zyrian: Шонді (Šondï)
• Korean: 해 (ko) (hae), 일 (ko) (il), 태양 (ko) (taeyang), (太陽 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: Күн (Kün)
• Lakota: apawi
• Lao: ຕາເວັນ (lo) (tā wen)
• Latvian: Saule
• Laz: მჟორა (mžora)
• Lezgi: Рагъ (Raġ)
• Lithuanian: saulė (lt) f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Sünn (nds) f

• Lü: ᦎᦱᦞᧃ (ṫaavan)
• Macedonian: Со́нце n (Sónce)
• Malay: Matahari (ms), matahari (ms)
• Malayalam: സൂര്യൻ (ml) (sūryan)
• Maltese: Xemx m, xemx (mt) m
• Manchu: ᡧᡠᠨ (šun)
• Marathi: सूर्य m (sūrya)
• Mingrelian: ბჟა (bža)
• Mongolian: Нар (Nar)
• Navajo: jóhonaaʼéí
• Nepali: सूर्य (sūrya)
• Ngarrindjeri: Nungge
• Northern East Cree: ᒌᔑᑳᓂᐲᓯᒻ (ciishikaanipiisim), ᐲᓯᒻ (piisim)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sol m or f, Solen m or f (definite)

  Nynorsk: Sola

• Ojibwe: giizis
• Old English: Sunne
• Old Occitan: sol, solelh m
• Ossetian: Хур (Xur)
• Pashto: لمر‎ (ps) m (lmër), نور‎ (ps) m (nwër), نمر‎ (ps) m (Nmër)
• Persian: خورشید‎ (fa) (xoršid)
• Polish: słońce (pl) n
• Portuguese: sol (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਸੂਰਜ (pa) (sūraj)
• Purepecha: jurhiata, jurhíata
• Romanian: soare (ro) m
• Russian: Со́лнце (ru) n (Sólnce) (л is silent)
• Rusyn: Со́нце n (Sónce)
• Sanskrit: रवि (sa) (ravi), सूर्य (sa) (sūrya), दिनकर (sa) (dinakara)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сунце n

  Roman: Sunce (sh) n

• Shor: Кӱн (Kün)
• Sichuan Yi: ꉘꁮ (hxo bbu)
• Silesian: Słůńce n
• Sinhalese: හිරු (hiru), ඉර (si) (ira)
• Slovak: Slnko n
• Slovene: sonce (sl) n, Sonce (sl) n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Słyńco n

  Upper Sorbian: Słónco n

• Southern Altai: Кӱн (Kün)
• Spanish: sol (es) m, Sol (es) m
• Sumerian: 𒌓 (ud)
• Svan: მიჟ (miž)
• Swahili: Jua
• Swedish: solen (sv) c
• Tagalog: Araw, Adlaw
• Tajik: Офтоб (tg) (Oftob), Хуршед (Xuršed), офтоб (tg) (oftob)
• Tamil: ஞாயிறு (ta) (ñāyiṟu)
• Tatar: Кояш (tt) (Qoyaş), кояш (tt) (qoyaş)
• Telugu: సూర్యుడు (te) (sūryuḍu)
• Thai: ดวงอาทิตย์ (th) (duuang-aa-tít)
• Tibetan: ཉི་མ (nyi ma)
• Tofa: Һүн (Hün), Күн (Kün)
• Turkish: Güneş (tr)
• Turkmen: Güneş, Gün
• Tuvan: Хүн (Xün)
• Tzotzil: kʼakʼal
• Ukrainian: Со́нце (uk) n (Sónce)
• Urdu: سوریہ‎ m (sūryā), خورشید‎ m (xuršed), سورج‎ (ur) m (sūraj)
• Uyghur: قۇياش‎ (ug) (quyash), كۈن‎ (ug) (kün)
• Uzbek: Quyosh, Oftob
• Veps: Päiväine
• Vietnamese: Mặt Trời (vi), Thái Dương (vi) (太陽)
• Volapük: sol (vo)
• Welsh: Haul (cy)
• Written Oirat: ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ (naran)
• Yakut: Күн (Kün)
• Yiddish: זון‎ f (zun), החמה‎ f (hakhome)
• Zhuang: da'ngoenz, gyangngoenz, gyangjngoenz, havaenz

91st sura of the Qur'an

• Arabic: سُورَةُ الشَمْسِ‎ (sūratu š-šamsi)

newspaper

• Arabic: ذَا صَن‎ f (ḏā ṣan)
• Japanese: ザ・サン (Za-San)

• Russian: Сан (ru) m or f (San)

See also

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star	Sun
Planets and most likely dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Haumea	Makemake	Eris
Notable moons	—		Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Ganymede Callisto Io Europa	Titan Rhea Iapetus Dione Tethys Enceladus Mimas	Titania Oberon Umbriel Ariel Miranda	Triton	Charon Hydra Nix Kerberos Styx	Hiʻiaka Namaka	(MK2)	Dysnomia

Noun

Sun

1. Abbreviation of Sunday.

Translations

Sunday

• Catalan: dg. (ca)
• Danish: søn (da)
• Finnish: su (fi)
• French: dim. (fr) m
• German: So. (de), Son., Sonnt.

• Hindi: रवि (hi) m (ravi), आदित्य (hi) m (āditya)
• Japanese: 日 (ja) (nichi), 日曜 (ja) (nichiyō)
• Korean: 일 (ko) (il)
• Portuguese: dom (pt) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Did

Anagrams

• 'uns, NUS, UNS, USN, uns

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 孫／孙 (sūn).

Proper noun

Sun

1. A surname​.

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صنع‎ (sun'), from Arabic صُنْع‎ (ṣunʿ).

Proper noun

Sun

1. A male given name
2. A female given name