शकुन

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.kʊn/, [ʃɐ.kʊ̃n]

Noun

शकुन • (śakun) m (Urdu spelling شَكُن)

1. Alternative form of शगुन (śagun)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শকুন (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬓᬸᬦ (Balinese script)
• শকুন (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰎𑰲𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀓𑀼𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ၐကုန (Burmese script)
• શકુન (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਕੁਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌕𑍁𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦏꦸꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂍𑂳𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಕುನ (Kannada script)
• ឝកុន (Khmer script)
• ຨກຸນ (Lao script)
• ശകുന (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᡬᡠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘎𑘳𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢉᠤᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑦮𑧔𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐎𑐸𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଶକୁନ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢒꢸꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆑𑆶𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖎𑖲𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ශකුන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩜𑩒𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚊𑚰𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஶகுந (Tamil script)
• శకున (Telugu script)
• ศกุน (Thai script)
• ཤ་ཀུ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒏𑒳𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨋𑨃𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Munda (compare Kharia kon-th'ed "kind of bird"); or related to Proto-Slavic sokolъ "falcon".

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.ku.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐ.ku.n̪ɐ/

Noun

शकुन • (śakuna) stem, ?

1. bird (esp. of large birds and such as give omens)
2. good omen

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शकुन”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]