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Hindi
Pronunciation
Noun
शकुन • (śakun) m (Urdu spelling شَكُن)
- Alternative form of शगुन (śagun)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শকুন (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬓᬸᬦ (Balinese script)
- শকুন (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰎𑰲𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀓𑀼𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ၐကုန (Burmese script)
- શકુન (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਕੁਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌕𑍁𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦏꦸꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂍𑂳𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಕುನ (Kannada script)
- ឝកុន (Khmer script)
- ຨກຸນ (Lao script)
- ശകുന (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᡬᡠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘎𑘳𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢉᠤᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑦮𑧔𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐎𑐸𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଶକୁନ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢒꢸꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆑𑆶𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖎𑖲𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ශකුන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩜𑩒𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚊𑚰𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஶகுந (Tamil script)
- శకున (Telugu script)
- ศกุน (Thai script)
- ཤ་ཀུ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒏𑒳𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨋𑨃𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Munda (compare Kharia kon-th'ed "kind of bird"); or related to Proto-Slavic sokolъ "falcon".
Pronunciation
Noun
शकुन • (śakuna) stem, ?
- bird (esp. of large birds and such as give omens)
- good omen
References
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शकुन”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India