शङ्कु

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Sanskrit

**Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)**
^{[a], [b]} ← 1,000,000,000 (10⁹)	^{[a], [b]} ← 100,000,000,000 (10¹¹)	१०००००००००००० 10¹²	10¹³ → ^{[a], [b]}	10¹⁵ →
Cardinal: शङ्कु (śaṅku)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

শঙ্কু (Assamese script)
ᬰᬗ᭄ᬓᬸ (Balinese script)
শঙ্কু (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ၐင်္ကု (Burmese script)
શઙ્કુ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਙ੍ਕੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦔ꧀ꦏꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಶಙ್ಕು (Kannada script)
ឝង្កុ (Khmer script)
ຨງ຺ກຸ (Lao script)
ശങ്കു (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠠᢛᡬᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘳 (Modi script)
ᠱᠠᢊᢉᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐸 (Newa script)
ଶଙ୍କୁ (Odia script)
ꢯꢖ꣄ꢒꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖲 (Siddham script)
ශඞ‍්කු (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚰 (Takri script)
ஶங்கு (Tamil script)
శఙ్కు (Telugu script)
ศงฺกุ (Thai script)
ཤ་ངྐུ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably related to शङ्ख (śaṅkha, “conch”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐŋ.ku/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐŋ.ku/

Noun

शङ्कु • (śaṅku) stem, f

10000 crores or 100 billions

Descendants

→ Hindi: शङ्कु (śaṅku)
→ Malayalam: ശങ്കു (śaṅku)

References

Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शङ्कु”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]

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