शुनक
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- শুনক (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬸᬦᬓ (Balinese script)
- শুনক (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰲𑰡𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀼𑀦𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ၐုနက (Burmese script)
- શુનક (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੁਨਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍁𑌨𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦸꦤꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂳𑂢𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಶುನಕ (Kannada script)
- ឝុនក (Khmer script)
- ຨຸນກ (Lao script)
- ശുനക (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡠᠨᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘳𑘡𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠤᠨᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧔𑧁𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐸𑐣𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଶୁନକ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢸꢥꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆶𑆤𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖲𑖡𑖎 (Siddham script)
- ශුනක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩒𑩯𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚰𑚝𑚊 (Takri script)
- ஶுநக (Tamil script)
- శునక (Telugu script)
- ศุนก (Thai script)
- ཤུ་ན་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒳𑒢𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨃𑨝𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Possibly derived from Vedic Sanskrit श्वन् (śván, gen. sg. शुनः (śúnaḥ), nom. sg. श्वा (śvā́)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]शुनक • (śunaka) stem, m
- a young or small dog, any dog
- एतौ शुनकौ उच्चैः बुक्कतः।
- etau śunakau uccaiḥ bukkataḥ.
- These two dogs bark loudly.
- name of a rishi
- name of an Āṅgirasa and disciple of Pathya
- name of a king
- name of a son of Ruru
- name of a son of Ṛcīka
- name of a son of Ṛta
- name of a son of Gṛtsa-mada
- name of the slayer of Puraṃ-jaya and father of Pradyota
- = शौनक (śaunaka)
- (in the plural) the family or race of Śunaka
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शुनकः (śunakaḥ) | शुनकौ (śunakau) शुनका¹ (śunakā¹) |
शुनकाः (śunakāḥ) शुनकासः¹ (śunakāsaḥ¹) |
| vocative | शुनक (śunaka) | शुनकौ (śunakau) शुनका¹ (śunakā¹) |
शुनकाः (śunakāḥ) शुनकासः¹ (śunakāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | शुनकम् (śunakam) | शुनकौ (śunakau) शुनका¹ (śunakā¹) |
शुनकान् (śunakān) |
| instrumental | शुनकेन (śunakena) | शुनकाभ्याम् (śunakābhyām) | शुनकैः (śunakaiḥ) शुनकेभिः¹ (śunakebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शुनकाय (śunakāya) | शुनकाभ्याम् (śunakābhyām) | शुनकेभ्यः (śunakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शुनकात् (śunakāt) | शुनकाभ्याम् (śunakābhyām) | शुनकेभ्यः (śunakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शुनकस्य (śunakasya) | शुनकयोः (śunakayoḥ) | शुनकानाम् (śunakānām) |
| locative | शुनके (śunake) | शुनकयोः (śunakayoḥ) | शुनकेषु (śunakeṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “शुनक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1083.