Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *kū-, *kew- (to howl, scream), see also Saterland Frisian huulje (to howl), German heulen (to howl), Lithuanian kaukti, Tocharian B kauk-, etc.[1]

Noun edit

शुक (śúka) stemm

  1. parrot (RV.)
  2. name of a poet (Rājat.)
  3. a species of acacia (L.)
  4. A scrambling shrub or tree of species Ziziphus oenopolia (syn. Ziziphus scandens (L.)), found in dry tropical environments from India to eastern China and northeastern Australia.
  5. name of a son of Vyasa (MBh., Pur.)
  6. name of a warrior (MBh.)
  7. name of an asura (Hariv.)
  8. name of a king of the Gandharvas (R.)
  9. name of a minister of Rāvaṇa (R.)
  10. name of a Brahman ascetic (Buddh.)
Declension edit
Masculine a-stem declension of शुक
Nom. sg.शुकः (śukaḥ)
Gen. sg.शुकस्य (śukasya)
SingularDualPlural
Nominativeशुकः (śukaḥ)शुकौ (śukau)शुकाः (śukāḥ)
Vocativeशुक (śuka)शुकौ (śukau)शुकाः (śukāḥ)
Accusativeशुकम् (śukam)शुकौ (śukau)शुकान् (śukān)
Instrumentalशुकेन (śukena)शुकाभ्याम् (śukābhyām)शुकैः (śukaiḥ)
Dativeशुकाय (śukāya)शुकाभ्याम् (śukābhyām)शुकेभ्यः (śukebhyaḥ)
Ablativeशुकात् (śukāt)शुकाभ्याम् (śukābhyām)शुकेभ्यः (śukebhyaḥ)
Genitiveशुकस्य (śukasya)शुकयोः (śukayoḥ)शुकानाम् (śukānām)
Locativeशुके (śuke)शुकयोः (śukayoḥ)शुकेषु (śukeṣu)
Descendants edit
  • Telugu: శుకము (śukamu)

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

शुक (śúka) stemn

  1. (botany) name of various plants (L.)
  2. name of a particular drug or perfume, a gall also called granthiparam or ganthiala (L.)
  3. hem of a garment (L.)
  4. cloth, clothes (L.)
  5. helmet, turban (L.)
  6. name of a mythical weapon (MBh.)
Declension edit
Neuter a-stem declension of शुक
Nom. sg.शुकम् (śukam)
Gen. sg.शुकस्य (śukasya)
SingularDualPlural
Nominativeशुकम् (śukam)शुके (śuke)शुकानि (śukāni)
Vocativeशुक (śuka)शुके (śuke)शुकानि (śukāni)
Accusativeशुकम् (śukam)शुके (śuke)शुकानि (śukāni)
Instrumentalशुकेन (śukena)शुकाभ्याम् (śukābhyām)शुकैः (śukaiḥ)
Dativeशुकाय (śukāya)शुकाभ्याम् (śukābhyām)शुकेभ्यः (śukebhyaḥ)
Ablativeशुकात् (śukāt)शुकाभ्याम् (śukābhyām)शुकेभ्यः (śukebhyaḥ)
Genitiveशुकस्य (śukasya)शुकयोः (śukayoḥ)शुकानाम् (śukānām)
Locativeशुके (śuke)शुकयोः (śukayoḥ)शुकेषु (śukeṣu)

References edit

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1474, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1474