"हूण" meaning in Sanskrit

See हूण in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɦuː.ɳɐ/ [Vedic], /ɦuː.ɳɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: Of Central Asian origin. Pulleyblank (2000) proposes that हूण (hūṇa) shares the same underlying source as English Huns, Late Latin Hunni, Koine Greek Οὗννοι (Hoûnnoi), Sogdian [script needed] (xwn), and Old Chinese 匈奴 (*qʰoŋ naː) (318 CE), the last of which, according to Schuessler (2014), possibly transcribed foreign *Hǒna ~ *Hǔna. For more see Huna people and Xiongnu. While the name of the Hunas apparently derived from the same source as Hun, the two groups were not necessarily synonymous and their exact relationship is unclear. Etymology templates: {{cog|en|Hun|Huns}} English Huns, {{cog|LL.|Hunni}} Late Latin Hunni, {{cog|grc-koi|Οὗννος|Οὗννοι}} Koine Greek Οὗννοι (Hoûnnoi), {{cog|sog|tr=xwn}} Sogdian [script needed] (xwn), {{cog|och|匈奴}} Old Chinese 匈奴 (*qʰoŋ naː) Head templates: {{sa-prop|g=m}} हूण • (hūṇa) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m}} Forms: hūṇa [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], हूणः [nominative, singular], हूणौ [dual, nominative], हूणा1 [dual, nominative], हूणाः [nominative, plural], हूणासः1 [nominative, plural], हूणम् [accusative, singular], हूणौ [accusative, dual], हूणा1 [accusative, dual], हूणान् [accusative, plural], हूणेन [instrumental, singular], हूणाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], हूणैः [instrumental, plural], हूणेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], हूणाय [dative, singular], हूणाभ्याम् [dative, dual], हूणेभ्यः [dative, plural], हूणात् [ablative, singular], हूणाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], हूणेभ्यः [ablative, plural], हूणस्य [genitive, singular], हूणयोः [dual, genitive], हूणानाम् [genitive, plural], हूणे [locative, singular], हूणयोः [dual, locative], हूणेषु [locative, plural], हूण [singular, vocative], हूणौ [dual, vocative], हूणा1 [dual, vocative], हूणाः [plural, vocative], हूणासः1 [plural, vocative], हून [alternative]
  1. the name of a barbarous people, the Huna people: a Central Asian (likely Turkic-Mongolic) tribe that invaded the Gupta Empire Wikipedia link: Edwin G. Pulleyblank, Huna people
    Sense id: en-हूण-sa-name-NxHaESoF Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit exonyms, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations, Tribes
     
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हूणौ",
      "roman": "hūṇau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हूणा1",
      "roman": "hūṇā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हूणाः",
      "roman": "hūṇāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हूणासः1",
      "roman": "hūṇāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "हून",
      "roman": "hūna",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "हूण • (hūṇa) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-prop"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for native script for Sogdian terms",
        "Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
        "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sanskrit exonyms",
        "Sanskrit lemmas",
        "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Sanskrit masculine nouns",
        "Sanskrit proper nouns",
        "Sanskrit proper nouns in Devanagari script",
        "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
        "sa:Tribes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the name of a barbarous people, the Huna people: a Central Asian (likely Turkic-Mongolic) tribe that invaded the Gupta Empire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "barbarous",
          "barbarous"
        ],
        [
          "Central Asian",
          "Central Asian"
        ],
        [
          "Turkic",
          "Turkic"
        ],
        [
          "Mongolic",
          "Mongolic"
        ],
        [
          "tribe",
          "tribe"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Edwin G. Pulleyblank",
        "Huna people"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦuː.ɳɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦuː.ɳɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "हूण"
}

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