"शङ्कु" meaning in Sanskrit

See शङ्कु in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɕɐŋ.kú/ [Vedic], /ˈɕɐŋ.ku/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćankuš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱonk-u-s. Cognate with Old Norse hár (“oarlock”), Proto-Slavic *sǫkъ (“bough”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*ćankuš}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćankuš, {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*ḱonkus|*ḱonk-u-s}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱonk-u-s, {{cog|non|hár|t=oarlock}} Old Norse hár (“oarlock”), {{cog|sla-pro|*sǫkъ|t=bough}} Proto-Slavic *sǫkъ (“bough”) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m|tr=śaṅkú}} शङ्कु • (śaṅkú) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m|śaṅkú}} Forms: śaṅkú [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], शङ्कुः [nominative, singular], शङ्कू [dual, nominative], शङ्कवः [nominative, plural], शङ्को [singular, vocative], शङ्कू [dual, vocative], शङ्कवः [plural, vocative], शङ्कुम् [accusative, singular], शङ्कू [accusative, dual], शङ्कून् [accusative, plural], शङ्कुना [instrumental, singular], शङ्क्वा1 [instrumental, singular], शङ्कुभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], शङ्कुभिः [instrumental, plural], शङ्कवे [dative, singular], शङ्कुभ्याम् [dative, dual], शङ्कुभ्यः [dative, plural], शङ्कोः [ablative, singular], शङ्कुभ्याम् [ablative, dual], शङ्कुभ्यः [ablative, plural], शङ्कोः [genitive, singular], शङ्क्वोः [dual, genitive], शङ्कूनाम् [genitive, plural], शङ्कौ [locative, singular], शङ्क्वोः [dual, locative], शङ्कुषु [locative, plural]
  1. peg, nail
    Sense id: en-शङ्कु-sa-noun-NRO7DRav
  2. stake, pillar
    Sense id: en-शङ्कु-sa-noun-alMkiHjj
  3. arrow, spear
    Sense id: en-शङ्कु-sa-noun-C~u7qDpD
  4. 10 trillions or 10,00,000 crores
    Sense id: en-शङ्कु-sa-noun-yuvqnosr Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 29 4 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 13 4 78 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 3 26 3 69 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 3 24 3 71
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          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "शङ्कु",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: शङ्कु (śaṅku)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: शङ्कु (śaṅku)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "ശങ്കു",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: ശങ്കു (śaṅku)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: ശങ്കു (śaṅku)"
    }
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ćankuš"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćankuš",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱonkus",
        "4": "*ḱonk-u-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱonk-u-s",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hár",
        "t": "oarlock"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hár (“oarlock”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*sǫkъ",
        "t": "bough"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *sǫkъ (“bough”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćankuš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱonk-u-s. Cognate with Old Norse hár (“oarlock”), Proto-Slavic *sǫkъ (“bough”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "śaṅkú",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "u-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुः",
      "roman": "śaṅkúḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "शङ्कू",
      "roman": "śaṅkū́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कवः",
      "roman": "śaṅkávaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्को",
      "roman": "śáṅko",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "शङ्कू",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "शङ्कवः",
      "roman": "śáṅkavaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुम्",
      "roman": "śaṅkúm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कू",
      "roman": "śaṅkū́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कून्",
      "roman": "śaṅkū́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुना",
      "roman": "śaṅkúnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्क्वा1",
      "roman": "śaṅkvā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "śaṅkúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुभिः",
      "roman": "śaṅkúbhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कवे",
      "roman": "śaṅkáve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "śaṅkúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुभ्यः",
      "roman": "śaṅkúbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कोः",
      "roman": "śaṅkóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "śaṅkúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुभ्यः",
      "roman": "śaṅkúbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कोः",
      "roman": "śaṅkóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्क्वोः",
      "roman": "śaṅkvóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कूनाम्",
      "roman": "śaṅkūnā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कौ",
      "roman": "śaṅkaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्क्वोः",
      "roman": "śaṅkvóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुषु",
      "roman": "śaṅkúṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "g": "m",
        "tr": "śaṅkú"
      },
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      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "śaṅkú"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "peg, nail"
      ],
      "id": "en-शङ्कु-sa-noun-NRO7DRav",
      "links": [
        [
          "peg",
          "peg"
        ],
        [
          "nail",
          "nail"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stake, pillar"
      ],
      "id": "en-शङ्कु-sa-noun-alMkiHjj",
      "links": [
        [
          "stake",
          "stake"
        ],
        [
          "pillar",
          "pillar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "arrow, spear"
      ],
      "id": "en-शङ्कु-sa-noun-C~u7qDpD",
      "links": [
        [
          "arrow",
          "arrow"
        ],
        [
          "spear",
          "spear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 29 4 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 13 4 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "3 26 3 69",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 24 3 71",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "10 trillions or 10,00,000 crores"
      ],
      "id": "en-शङ्कु-sa-noun-yuvqnosr",
      "links": [
        [
          "trillion",
          "trillion"
        ],
        [
          "crore",
          "crore"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕɐŋ.kú/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɕɐŋ.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "शङ्कु"
}
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    "Sanskrit masculine nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Sanskrit u-stem nouns"
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: शङ्कु (śaṅku)"
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "ശങ്കു",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: ശങ്കു (śaṅku)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: ശങ്കു (śaṅku)"
    }
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        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "sa",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "t": "oarlock"
      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "śaṅkú",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "u-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुः",
      "roman": "śaṅkúḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कू",
      "roman": "śaṅkū́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कवः",
      "roman": "śaṅkávaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्को",
      "roman": "śáṅko",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कू",
      "roman": "śáṅkū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कवः",
      "roman": "śáṅkavaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुम्",
      "roman": "śaṅkúm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कू",
      "roman": "śaṅkū́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कून्",
      "roman": "śaṅkū́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुना",
      "roman": "śaṅkúnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्क्वा1",
      "roman": "śaṅkvā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "śaṅkúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुभिः",
      "roman": "śaṅkúbhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कवे",
      "roman": "śaṅkáve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "śaṅkúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुभ्यः",
      "roman": "śaṅkúbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कोः",
      "roman": "śaṅkóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "śaṅkúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुभ्यः",
      "roman": "śaṅkúbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कोः",
      "roman": "śaṅkóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्क्वोः",
      "roman": "śaṅkvóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कूनाम्",
      "roman": "śaṅkūnā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कौ",
      "roman": "śaṅkaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्क्वोः",
      "roman": "śaṅkvóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शङ्कुषु",
      "roman": "śaṅkúṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "śaṅkú"
      },
      "expansion": "शङ्कु • (śaṅkú) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "śaṅkú"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "peg, nail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peg",
          "peg"
        ],
        [
          "nail",
          "nail"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stake, pillar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stake",
          "stake"
        ],
        [
          "pillar",
          "pillar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "arrow, spear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arrow",
          "arrow"
        ],
        [
          "spear",
          "spear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "10 trillions or 10,00,000 crores"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trillion",
          "trillion"
        ],
        [
          "crore",
          "crore"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕɐŋ.kú/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɕɐŋ.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "शङ्कु"
}

Download raw JSONL data for शङ्कु meaning in Sanskrit (5.6kB)

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  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Sanskrit]; cleaned text: Notes",
  "path": [
    "शङ्कु"
  ],
  "section": "Sanskrit",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "शङ्कु",
  "trace": ""
}

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