"सु-" meaning in Sanskrit

See सु- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /su/ [Vedic], /s̪u/ [Classical-Sanskrit] Forms: su- [romanization]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu- Sanskrit सु- (su-) Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-. Etymology templates: {{etymon|sa|inh|iir-pro>*Hsu->good|id=good|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu- Sanskrit सु- (su-), {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sa|inc-pro|*Hsu-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hsu-, {{inh+|sa|inc-pro|*Hsu-}} Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hsu-, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*Hsu-}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-, {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*h₁su-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Head templates: {{head|sa|prefix|tr=su-}} सु- • (su-)
  1. good-, well- Tags: morpheme

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "dus-",
      "word": "दुस्-"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "su-"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: su-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: su-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "সু-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: সু- (xu-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: সু- (xu-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "সু-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: সু- (śu-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: সু- (śu-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "my",
            "2": "သု",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Burmese: သု (su.)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Burmese: သု (su.)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "સુ-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: સુ- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: સુ- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "सु-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: सु- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: सु- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jv",
            "2": "ꦱꦸ-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Javanese: ꦱꦸ- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Javanese: ꦱꦸ- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ಸು-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ಸು- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ಸು- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ସୁ-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Odia: ସୁ- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Odia: ସୁ- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "omr",
            "2": "सु-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Marathi: सु- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Marathi: सु- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "सु-"
          },
          "expansion": "Marathi: सु- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Marathi: सु- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਸੁ-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਸੁ- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi: ਸੁ- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "సు-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: సు- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: సు- (su-)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "iir-pro>*Hsu->good",
        "id": "good",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁wes-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-?\nProto-Indo-European *h₁su-\nProto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-\nSanskrit सु- (su-)",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "*Hsu-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hsu-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "*Hsu-"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hsu-",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*Hsu-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁su-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁wes-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-?\nProto-Indo-European *h₁su-\nProto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-\nSanskrit सु- (su-)\nInherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "su-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "prefix",
        "tr": "su-"
      },
      "expansion": "सु- • (su-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "सु- (su-) + गन्ध (gandha, “smell”) → सुगन्ध (sugandha, “good smell, perfume”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "good-, well-"
      ],
      "id": "en-सु--sa-prefix-eookYYWl",
      "links": [
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/su/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/s̪u/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "सु-"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "dus-",
      "word": "दुस्-"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "su-"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: su-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: su-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "সু-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: সু- (xu-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: সু- (xu-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "সু-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: সু- (śu-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: সু- (śu-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "my",
            "2": "သု",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Burmese: သု (su.)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Burmese: သု (su.)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "સુ-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: સુ- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: સુ- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "सु-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: सु- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: सु- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jv",
            "2": "ꦱꦸ-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Javanese: ꦱꦸ- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Javanese: ꦱꦸ- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ಸು-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ಸು- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ಸು- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ସୁ-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Odia: ସୁ- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Odia: ସୁ- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "omr",
            "2": "सु-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Marathi: सु- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Marathi: सु- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "सु-"
          },
          "expansion": "Marathi: सु- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Marathi: सु- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਸੁ-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਸੁ- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi: ਸੁ- (su-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "సు-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: సు- (su-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: సు- (su-)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "iir-pro>*Hsu->good",
        "id": "good",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁wes-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-?\nProto-Indo-European *h₁su-\nProto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-\nSanskrit सु- (su-)",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "*Hsu-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hsu-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "*Hsu-"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hsu-",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*Hsu-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁su-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁wes-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-?\nProto-Indo-European *h₁su-\nProto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-\nSanskrit सु- (su-)\nInherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "su-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "prefix",
        "tr": "su-"
      },
      "expansion": "सु- • (su-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit entries with etymology trees",
        "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sanskrit lemmas",
        "Sanskrit prefixes",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁es-",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "सु- (su-) + गन्ध (gandha, “smell”) → सुगन्ध (sugandha, “good smell, perfume”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "good-, well-"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/su/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/s̪u/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "सु-"
}

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