सूआ

Hindi

Alternative forms

• सुआ (suā), सुवा (suvā)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk-der.?

Sanskrit शुक॑ (śúka)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀓 (suka)

Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀅 (sua)

Hindi सूआ (sūā)

Inherited from Old Hindi सुआ (suā), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀅 (sua) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit शुक॑ (śúka). Doublet of सुग्गा (suggā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /suː.ɑː/, [suː.äː]

Noun

सूआ • (sūā) m (Urdu spelling سوآ)

1. parrot

   Synonym: तोता (totā)

Declension

Declension of सूआ (masc ind ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सूआ sūā	सूए sūe
oblique	सूए sūe	सूओं sūõ
vocative	सूए sūe	सूओ sūo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सुवा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 208