Sun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sun"

English

The Sun (1)

The Sun's astronomical/astrological symbol

Etymology 1

From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunna, sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wén-, oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun; the Sun”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Old Dutch sunna, German Low German Sünn, Old Saxon sunna, German Sonne, Old High German sunna, Faroese sunna, Icelandic sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō). More at sun.

Alternative forms

• sonne, sunne (obsolete)
• sun

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sʌn/

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• Rhymes: -ʌn
• Homophones: son, sun

Proper noun

the Sun

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

Synonyms

• Sol
• ☉ ☼

Related terms

• sun
• currant bun

Translations

star

• Abkhaz: Амра (Amra)
• 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)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܸܡܫܵܐ‎ (šimša)

  Classical Syriac: ܫܡܫܐ‎ c (/šemšā/)

• Armenian: Արեգակ (hy) (Aregak)
• Asturian: sol (ast) m, Sol (ast) m
• Avar: Бакъ (Baqxʼ)
• Azerbaijani: Günəş (az)
• Bashkir: Ҡояш (Qoyaş), ҡояш (qoyaş)
• Belarusian: Со́нца n (Sónca)
• Bengali: সূর্য (bn) (śurjô)
• 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)

  Dungan: Жәту (Řətu), Әрту (Ərtu), Тэён (Tei͡on), Эрту (Ertu) (Shaanxi)

  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) f, (astronomy) Zon (nl) f
• Erzya: Чи (Či)
• Esperanto: suno (eo)
• Estonian: päike (et), Päike
• Even: Нӫ̄лтэн (Ņȫltən)
• Evenki: Дылача̄ (Dilaçā), Сигӯн (Sigūn) (dialectal)
• Faroese: Sólin
• Finnish: Aurinko (fi)
• French: Soleil (fr) m
• Galician: sol (gl) m
• Gamilaraay: yaraay
• Georgian: მზე (ka) (mze)
• German: Sonne (de) f
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 f (sunnō), 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 n (sauil)
• Greek: Ήλιος (el) m (Ílios)

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

• Gujarati: સૂર્ય (gu) (sūrya)
• Hebrew: שֶׁמֶשׁ‎ (he) f (shémesh), חַמָּה‎ (he) f (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)
• Hittite: 𒀭𒌓𒇷𒄿𒀀 (^DUTU-li-ya)
• 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), ರವಿ (kn) (ravi)
• Kapampangan: Aldo
• Karelian: Päiväine, Päivy
• Kashubian: Słuńce n
• Kazakh: Күн (kk) (Kün)
• Khakas: Кӱн (Kün)
• Khmer: ព្រះអាទិត្យ (km) (prĕəh ʼaatɨt)
• Komi-Zyrian: Шонді (Šondï)
• Korean: 해 (ko) (hae), 일 (ko) (il), 태양(太陽) (ko) (taeyang)
• 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: Сонце n (Sonce)
• Malay: Matahari (ms), matahari (ms)
• Malayalam: സൂര്യൻ (ml) (sūryaṉ)
• Maltese: Xemx m, xemx (mt) m
• Manchu: ᡧᡠᠨ (šun)
• Marathi: सूर्य m (sūrya)
• Mingrelian: ბჟა (bža)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Нар (mn) (Nar)

  Mongolian: ᠨᠠᠷᠠ (nara)

• 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: Sol f, Sola f (definite)

• 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)
• Rusyn: Со́нце n (Sónce)
• Sanskrit: रवि (sa) (ravi), सूर्य (sa) (sūrya), दिनकर (sa) (dinakara)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Су̑нце n

  Roman: Sȗnce (sh) n

• Shor: Кӱн (Kün)
• Sichuan Yi: ꉘꁮ (hxo bbu)
• Silesian: Słůńce n
• Sinhalese: හිරු (si) (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 (vi))
• 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
Notable moons	—		Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon Styx Nix Kerberos Hydra

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• Sun.

Noun

Sun (plural Suns)

1. Abbreviation of Sunday.

Coordinate terms

• Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat

Translations

Sunday

• Catalan: dg. (ca)
• Czech: ne (cs)
• 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

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 孫／孙 (Sūn), Wade-Giles romanization: Sun¹.

Proper noun

Sun (plural Suns)

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• 'uns, NUS, UNS, USN, uns

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Bavarian

Die Sun.

Alternative forms

• Sunn

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā. Cognates include German Sonne and Luxembourgish Sonn.

Pronunciation

• (Vienna) IPA^(key): /ˈsun/
• Hyphenation: Sun

Noun

Sun f

1. (Vienna) sun
   • 2017, “Spür die Sun [Feel the sun]”, performed by Granada:

     Spür die Sun, die Sun.

     Feel the sun, the sun.

References

• Maria Hornung; Sigmar Grüner (2002), “Sun”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
• Petr Šubrt (2010) Wiener dialekt (master thesis), Masaryk University, page 24

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 孫／孙 (sūn).

Proper noun

Sun

1. a surname from Hakka

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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