શું
Gujarati
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Gujarati *क्सिउं (*ksiũ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀻𑀇𑀲 (kīisa). Probably from a form of Sanskrit कीदृश (kīdṛśa).
Pronoun
[edit]શું • (śũ)
- interrogative pronoun; what, which
- આનો શું ભાવ છે?
- āno śũ bhāv che?
- What is the price of this?
- તારું નામ શું છે?
- tārũ nām śũ che?
- What is your name?
Determiner
[edit]શું • (śũ)
- what
- આની શું જરૂર છે?
- ānī śũ jarūr che?
- What is the need for this?
- (alternatively) આની શી જરૂર છે?
- ānī śī jarūr che?
- What is the need for this?
Declension
[edit]- Note: the declension of this word for noun-agreement is not followed by many speakers, who view the word as immutable.
| singular | plural | locative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | oblique/vocative/ instrumental | |||||
| masculine | શો (śo) | શા (śā) | શા (śā) | શે (śe) | ||
| neuter | શું (śũ) | શા (śā) | શાં (śā̃) | શે (śe) | ||
| feminine | શી (śī) | શી (śī) | શી (śī) | — | ||
If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the locatives do not apply.
References
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kīdr̥śa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press