"शङ्क्" meaning in All languages combined

See शङ्क् on Wiktionary

Root [Sanskrit]

Forms: śaṅk [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to hang”). Cognate with English hang and Latin cūnctor (“I delay, I stall (something)”). Etymology templates: {{root|sa|ine-pro|*ḱenk-}}, {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*ḱenk-||to hang}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to hang”), {{cog|en|hang}} English hang, {{cog|la|cūnctor||I delay, I stall (something)}} Latin cūnctor (“I delay, I stall (something)”) Head templates: {{head|sa|root|head=|tr=}} शङ्क् • (śaṅk), {{sa-root}} शङ्क् • (śaṅk)
  1. to doubt Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-शङ्क्-sa-root-r-J5n7Ed Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 20 17 15 23 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 19 25 21 14 20 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 21 22 18 16 22
  2. to be afraid of (+ abl.) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-शङ्क्-sa-root-3sHlW9S7 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 20 17 15 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 30 17 15 19 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 19 29 16 14 22 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 19 25 21 14 20 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 21 22 18 16 22
  3. to hesitate Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-शङ्क्-sa-root-ASFMFEP8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 20 17 15 23 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 19 25 21 14 20 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 21 22 18 16 22
  4. to suppose, assume Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-शङ्क्-sa-root-P2Zzw4b4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 20 17 15 23 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 19 25 21 14 20 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 21 22 18 16 22
  5. to suspect Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-शङ्क्-sa-root-qs7Ot8tc Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Sanskrit roots, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 20 17 15 23 Disambiguation of Sanskrit roots: 30 20 0 0 51 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 19 25 21 14 20 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 21 22 18 16 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Primary Verbal Forms, शङ्कते (śáṅkate) (english: Present), शङ्किष्यते (śaṅkiṣyáte) (english: Future), शङ्किता (śaṅkitā́) (english: Periphrastic Future), अशङ्कीत् (Aorist), शशङ्के (śaśáṅke) (english: Perfect), Secondary Forms, शङ्क्यते (śaṅkyáte) [passive], अशङ्कि (áśaṅki) (english: Passive Aorist), शङ्कयति (śaṅkáyati) [causative], Non-Finite Forms, शङ्कित (śaṅkita) (english: Past Participle), शङ्कितुम् (śaṅkitum) (english: Infinitive), शङ्क्य (Gerund), शङ्क्य (Gerundive), शङ्कितव्य (Gerundive), शङ्कनीय (Gerundive), Derived Nominal Forms, शङ्क (śaṅka) (english: doubt, uncertainty), शङ्का (śaṅkā́) (english: doubt, distrust, hesitation, supposition), Prefixed Root Forms, अतिशङ्क् (atiśaṅk), अभिशङ्क् (abhiśaṅk), आशङ्क् (āśaṅk), उपशङ्क् (upaśaṅk), परिशङ्क् (pariśaṅk), प्रतिशङ्क् (pratiśaṅk), विशङ्क् (viśaṅk), संशङ्क् (saṃśaṅk)

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Present",
      "roman": "śáṅkate",
      "word": "शङ्कते"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Future",
      "roman": "śaṅkiṣyáte",
      "word": "शङ्किष्यते"
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    {
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      "english": "Periphrastic Future",
      "roman": "śaṅkitā́",
      "word": "शङ्किता"
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      "roman": "Aorist",
      "word": "अशङ्कीत्"
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      "english": "Perfect",
      "roman": "śaśáṅke",
      "word": "शशङ्के"
    },
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      "word": "Secondary Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "śaṅkyáte",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "शङ्क्यते"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Passive Aorist",
      "roman": "áśaṅki",
      "word": "अशङ्कि"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "śaṅkáyati",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "शङ्कयति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Non-Finite Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Past Participle",
      "roman": "śaṅkita",
      "word": "शङ्कित"
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      "english": "Infinitive",
      "roman": "śaṅkitum",
      "word": "शङ्कितुम्"
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      "roman": "Gerund",
      "word": "शङ्क्य"
    },
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      "word": "शङ्क्य"
    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "doubt, uncertainty",
      "roman": "śaṅka",
      "word": "शङ्क"
    },
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      "roman": "śaṅkā́",
      "word": "शङ्का"
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      "word": "Prefixed Root Forms"
    },
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      "roman": "atiśaṅk",
      "word": "अतिशङ्क्"
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      "word": "अभिशङ्क्"
    },
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      "word": "परिशङ्क्"
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      "roman": "pratiśaṅk",
      "word": "प्रतिशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "viśaṅk",
      "word": "विशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "saṃśaṅk",
      "word": "संशङ्क्"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱenk-"
      },
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      "name": "root"
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        "2": "hang"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "cūnctor",
        "3": "",
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      ]
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        "tr": ""
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "name": "sa-root"
    }
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          "_dis": "25 20 17 15 23",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 30 17 15 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 29 16 14 22",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "to be afraid of (+ abl.)"
      ],
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          "afraid"
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          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "_dis": "19 25 21 14 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 22 18 16 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "to hesitate"
      ],
      "id": "en-शङ्क्-sa-root-ASFMFEP8",
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "25 20 17 15 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "19 25 21 14 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "to suppose, assume"
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          "suppose",
          "suppose"
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        [
          "assume",
          "assume"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Sanskrit roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "21 22 18 16 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to suspect"
      ],
      "id": "en-शङ्क्-sa-root-qs7Ot8tc",
      "links": [
        [
          "suspect",
          "suspect"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "शङ्क्"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit roots",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱenk-",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Primary Verbal Forms"
    },
    {
      "english": "Present",
      "roman": "śáṅkate",
      "word": "शङ्कते"
    },
    {
      "english": "Future",
      "roman": "śaṅkiṣyáte",
      "word": "शङ्किष्यते"
    },
    {
      "english": "Periphrastic Future",
      "roman": "śaṅkitā́",
      "word": "शङ्किता"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Aorist",
      "word": "अशङ्कीत्"
    },
    {
      "english": "Perfect",
      "roman": "śaśáṅke",
      "word": "शशङ्के"
    },
    {
      "word": "Secondary Forms"
    },
    {
      "roman": "śaṅkyáte",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "शङ्क्यते"
    },
    {
      "english": "Passive Aorist",
      "roman": "áśaṅki",
      "word": "अशङ्कि"
    },
    {
      "roman": "śaṅkáyati",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ],
      "word": "शङ्कयति"
    },
    {
      "word": "Non-Finite Forms"
    },
    {
      "english": "Past Participle",
      "roman": "śaṅkita",
      "word": "शङ्कित"
    },
    {
      "english": "Infinitive",
      "roman": "śaṅkitum",
      "word": "शङ्कितुम्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Gerund",
      "word": "शङ्क्य"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Gerundive",
      "word": "शङ्क्य"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Gerundive",
      "word": "शङ्कितव्य"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Gerundive",
      "word": "शङ्कनीय"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derived Nominal Forms"
    },
    {
      "english": "doubt, uncertainty",
      "roman": "śaṅka",
      "word": "शङ्क"
    },
    {
      "english": "doubt, distrust, hesitation, supposition",
      "roman": "śaṅkā́",
      "word": "शङ्का"
    },
    {
      "word": "Prefixed Root Forms"
    },
    {
      "roman": "atiśaṅk",
      "word": "अतिशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "abhiśaṅk",
      "word": "अभिशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āśaṅk",
      "word": "आशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "upaśaṅk",
      "word": "उपशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pariśaṅk",
      "word": "परिशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pratiśaṅk",
      "word": "प्रतिशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "viśaṅk",
      "word": "विशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "saṃśaṅk",
      "word": "संशङ्क्"
    }
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱenk-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to hang"
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      "name": "inh"
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      },
      "expansion": "English hang",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "I delay, I stall (something)"
      },
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "to doubt"
      ],
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        [
          "doubt",
          "doubt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be afraid of (+ abl.)"
      ],
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        [
          "afraid",
          "afraid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hesitate"
      ],
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        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to suppose, assume"
      ],
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        [
          "suppose",
          "suppose"
        ],
        [
          "assume",
          "assume"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to suspect"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suspect",
          "suspect"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "शङ्क्"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.