शुभ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শুভ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬸᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শুভ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰲𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀼𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐုဘ် (Burmese script)
• શુભ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੁਭ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍁𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦸꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂳𑂦𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶುಭ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝុភ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨຸຠ຺ (Lao script)
• ശുഭ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡠᢨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘳𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠤᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧔𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐸𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶୁଭ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢸꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆶𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖲𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශුභ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩒𑩳 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚰𑚡𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶுப்⁴ (Tamil script)
• శుభ్ (Telugu script)
• ศุภฺ (Thai script)
• ཤུ་བྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒳𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨃𑨡𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćubʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewbʰ- (“pretty”), an extension of *ḱew- (“to shine”). See शुभ्र (śubhra, “bright, beautiful”) for more.

Pronunciation

for the noun:

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕúbʱ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕubʱ/

Root

शुभ् • (śubh)

1. to beautify, embellish

Alternative forms

• शुम्भ् (śumbh), शोभ् (śobh)

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:

  शोभति (śóbhati, present, class 1, parasmaipada)

  शोभयति (śobhayati, causative)

  शुशोभिषते (śuśobhiṣate, desiderative)

  शुभे (śubhé, infinitive)

  शोभसे (śobháse, infinitive)

  शुभितुम् (śubhitum, infinitive)

• शुभ (śubha)
• शुभा (śubhā)
• शुभान (śubhāná)
• शुभ्र (śubhrá)
• शुभ्वन् (śúbhvan)
• शोभ (śobha)
• शोभा (śobhā́)
• शोभन (śobhaná)
• शोभित (śobhita)

 

Noun

शुभ् • (śúbh) stem, f

1. beauty, splendour, radiance, lustre
2. happiness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सुख

3. victory

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जय

4. ornament

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:अलंकार

5. an auspicious offering
6. water

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जल

7. a brilliant chariot

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of शुभ् (śúbh)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शुप् śúp	शुभौ / शुभा¹ śúbhau / śúbhā¹	शुभः śúbhaḥ
Vocative	शुप् śúp	शुभौ / शुभा¹ śúbhau / śúbhā¹	शुभः śúbhaḥ
Accusative	शुभम् śúbham	शुभौ / शुभा¹ śúbhau / śúbhā¹	शुभः śúbhaḥ
Instrumental	शुभा śubhā́	शुब्भ्याम् śubbhyā́m	शुब्भिः śubbhíḥ
Dative	शुभे śubhé	शुब्भ्याम् śubbhyā́m	शुब्भ्यः śubbhyáḥ
Ablative	शुभः śubháḥ	शुब्भ्याम् śubbhyā́m	शुब्भ्यः śubbhyáḥ
Genitive	शुभः śubháḥ	शुभोः śubhóḥ	शुभाम् śubhā́m
Locative	शुभि śubhí	शुभोः śubhóḥ	शुप्सु śupsú
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शुभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1083/1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शुभ्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 175
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “शुभ्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 647; 657-8

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 330
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0594”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0594