शङ्कते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শঙ্কতে (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬗ᭄ᬓᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
• শঙ্কতে (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• ၐင်္ကတေ (Burmese script)
• શઙ્કતે (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਙ੍ਕਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦔ꧀ꦏꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಙ್ಕತೇ (Kannada script)
• ឝង្កតេ (Khmer script)
• ຨງ຺ກເຕ (Lao script)
• ശങ്കതേ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᢛᡬᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢊᢉᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑦲𑧠𑦮𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
• ଶଙ୍କତେ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢖ꣄ꢒꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
• ශඞ‍්කතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
• ஶங்கதே (Tamil script)
• శఙ్కతే (Telugu script)
• ศงฺกเต (Thai script)
• ཤ་ངྐ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śánkatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćánkatay, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to waver, be in suspense”). Cognate with Latin cunctor (“to delay, stall, hold up”), Old English hangian (whence English hang).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́ŋ.kɐ.tɐj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐŋ.kɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

शङ्कते • (śáṅkate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, root शङ्क्)

1. to doubt, to be unsure or uncertain
2. to suppose, assume, think probable
3. to hesitate
4. to suspect

Conjugation

Present: शङ्कते (śáṅkate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	शङ्कते śáṅkate	शङ्केते śáṅkete	शङ्कन्ते śáṅkante
Second	- -	- -	- -	शङ्कसे śáṅkase	शङ्केथे śáṅkethe	शङ्कध्वे śáṅkadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	शङ्के śáṅke	शङ्कावहे śáṅkāvahe	शङ्कामहे śáṅkāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	शङ्कताम् śáṅkatām	शङ्केताम् śáṅketām	शङ्कन्ताम् śáṅkantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	शङ्कस्व śáṅkasva	शङ्केथाम् śáṅkethām	शङ्कध्वम् śáṅkadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	शङ्कै śáṅkai	शङ्कावहै śáṅkāvahai	शङ्कामहै śáṅkāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	शङ्केत śáṅketa	शङ्केयाताम् śáṅkeyātām	शङ्केरन् śáṅkeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	शङ्केथाः śáṅkethāḥ	शङ्केयाथाम् śáṅkeyāthām	शङ्केध्वम् śáṅkedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	शङ्केय śáṅkeya	शङ्केवहि śáṅkevahi	शङ्केमहि śáṅkemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	शङ्काते / शङ्कातै śáṅkāte / śáṅkātai	शङ्कैते śáṅkaite	शङ्कन्त / शङ्कान्तै śáṅkanta / śáṅkāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	शङ्कासे / शङ्कासै śáṅkāse / śáṅkāsai	शङ्कैथे śáṅkaithe	शङ्काध्वै śáṅkādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	शङ्कै śáṅkai	शङ्कावहै śáṅkāvahai	शङ्कामहै śáṅkāmahai
Participles
	- -			शङ्कमान śáṅkamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: अशङ्कत (áśaṅkata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अशङ्कत áśaṅkata	अशङ्केताम् áśaṅketām	अशङ्कन्त áśaṅkanta
Second	- -	- -	- -	अशङ्कथाः áśaṅkathāḥ	अशङ्केथाम् áśaṅkethām	अशङ्कध्वम् áśaṅkadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अशङ्के áśaṅke	अशङ्कावहि áśaṅkāvahi	अशङ्कामहि áśaṅkāmahi