"शङ्क्" meaning in Sanskrit

See शङ्क् in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Root

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 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 30 13 12 25
  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: 21 30 13 12 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 33 16 14 18 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 15 44 12 11 18 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 15 40 16 11 18 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 16 37 14 12 20
  3. to hesitate Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-शङ्क्-sa-root-ASFMFEP8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 30 13 12 25
  4. to suppose, assume Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-शङ्क्-sa-root-P2Zzw4b4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 30 13 12 25
  5. to suspect Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-शङ्क्-sa-root-qs7Ot8tc Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Sanskrit roots Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 30 13 12 25 Disambiguation of Sanskrit roots: 27 28 0 0 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Primary Verbal Forms, शङ्कते (śáṅkate, Present), शङ्किष्यते (śaṅkiṣyáte, Future), शङ्किता (śaṅkitā́, Periphrastic Future), अशङ्कीत् (áśaṅkīt, Aorist), शशङ्के (śaśáṅke, Perfect), Secondary Forms, शङ्क्यते (śaṅkyáte) [passive], अशङ्कि (áśaṅki, Passive Aorist), शङ्कयति (śaṅkáyati) [causative], Non-Finite Forms, शङ्कित (śaṅkita, Past Participle), शङ्कितुम् (śaṅkitum, Infinitive), शङ्क्य (śaṅkya, Gerund), शङ्क्य (śaṅkya, Gerundive), शङ्कितव्य (śaṅkitavya, Gerundive), शङ्कनीय (śaṅkanīya, 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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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Primary Verbal Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "śáṅkate, Present",
      "word": "शङ्कते"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "śaṅkiṣyáte, Future",
      "word": "शङ्किष्यते"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "śaṅkitā́, Periphrastic Future",
      "word": "शङ्किता"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "áśaṅkīt, Aorist",
      "word": "अशङ्कीत्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "śaśáṅke, Perfect",
      "word": "शशङ्के"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Secondary Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "śaṅkyáte",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "शङ्क्यते"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "áśaṅki, Passive Aorist",
      "word": "अशङ्कि"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "śaṅkáyati",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ],
      "word": "शङ्कयति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Non-Finite Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "śaṅkita, Past Participle",
      "word": "शङ्कित"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "śaṅkitum, Infinitive",
      "word": "शङ्कितुम्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "śaṅkya, Gerund",
      "word": "शङ्क्य"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "śaṅkya, Gerundive",
      "word": "शङ्क्य"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "śaṅkitavya, Gerundive",
      "word": "शङ्कितव्य"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "śaṅkanīya, Gerundive",
      "word": "शङ्कनीय"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Derived Nominal Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "doubt, uncertainty",
      "roman": "śaṅka",
      "word": "शङ्क"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "doubt, distrust, hesitation, supposition",
      "roman": "śaṅkā́",
      "word": "शङ्का"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Prefixed Root Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "atiśaṅk",
      "word": "अतिशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "abhiśaṅk",
      "word": "अभिशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "āśaṅk",
      "word": "आशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "upaśaṅk",
      "word": "उपशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pariśaṅk",
      "word": "परिशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pratiśaṅk",
      "word": "प्रतिशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "viśaṅk",
      "word": "विशङ्क्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "saṃśaṅk",
      "word": "संशङ्क्"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱenk-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱenk-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to hang"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to hang”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hang"
      },
      "expansion": "English hang",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cūnctor",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I delay, I stall (something)"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cūnctor (“I delay, I stall (something)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to hang”). Cognate with English hang and Latin cūnctor (“I delay, I stall (something)”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "śaṅk",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "root",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "शङ्क् • (śaṅk)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "शङ्क् • (śaṅk)",
      "name": "sa-root"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 30 13 12 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to doubt"
      ],
      "id": "en-शङ्क्-sa-root-r-J5n7Ed",
      "links": [
        [
          "doubt",
          "doubt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 30 13 12 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 33 16 14 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 44 12 11 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 40 16 11 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 37 14 12 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be afraid of (+ abl.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-शङ्क्-sa-root-3sHlW9S7",
      "links": [
        [
          "afraid",
          "afraid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 30 13 12 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hesitate"
      ],
      "id": "en-शङ्क्-sa-root-ASFMFEP8",
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 30 13 12 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to suppose, assume"
      ],
      "id": "en-शङ्क्-sa-root-P2Zzw4b4",
      "links": [
        [
          "suppose",
          "suppose"
        ],
        [
          "assume",
          "assume"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 30 13 12 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 28 0 0 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit roots",
          "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 1 entry",
    "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"
    },
    {
      "roman": "śáṅkate, Present",
      "word": "शङ्कते"
    },
    {
      "roman": "śaṅkiṣyáte, Future",
      "word": "शङ्किष्यते"
    },
    {
      "roman": "śaṅkitā́, Periphrastic Future",
      "word": "शङ्किता"
    },
    {
      "roman": "áśaṅkīt, Aorist",
      "word": "अशङ्कीत्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "śaśáṅke, Perfect",
      "word": "शशङ्के"
    },
    {
      "word": "Secondary Forms"
    },
    {
      "roman": "śaṅkyáte",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "शङ्क्यते"
    },
    {
      "roman": "áśaṅki, Passive Aorist",
      "word": "अशङ्कि"
    },
    {
      "roman": "śaṅkáyati",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ],
      "word": "शङ्कयति"
    },
    {
      "word": "Non-Finite Forms"
    },
    {
      "roman": "śaṅkita, Past Participle",
      "word": "शङ्कित"
    },
    {
      "roman": "śaṅkitum, Infinitive",
      "word": "शङ्कितुम्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "śaṅkya, Gerund",
      "word": "शङ्क्य"
    },
    {
      "roman": "śaṅkya, Gerundive",
      "word": "शङ्क्य"
    },
    {
      "roman": "śaṅkitavya, Gerundive",
      "word": "शङ्कितव्य"
    },
    {
      "roman": "śaṅkanīya, 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"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱenk-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱenk-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to hang"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to hang”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hang"
      },
      "expansion": "English hang",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cūnctor",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I delay, I stall (something)"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cūnctor (“I delay, I stall (something)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to hang”). Cognate with English hang and Latin cūnctor (“I delay, I stall (something)”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "śaṅk",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "root",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "शङ्क् • (śaṅk)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "शङ्क् • (śaṅk)",
      "name": "sa-root"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to doubt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "doubt",
          "doubt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be afraid of (+ abl.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "afraid",
          "afraid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hesitate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to suppose, assume"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suppose",
          "suppose"
        ],
        [
          "assume",
          "assume"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to suspect"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suspect",
          "suspect"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "शङ्क्"
}

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