शुक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕu.kɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕu.kɐ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kū-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”), see also Saterland Frisian huulje (“to howl”), German heulen (“to howl”), Lithuanian kaukti, Tocharian B kauk-, etc.

Noun

शुक • (śúka) stem, m

1. parrot (RV.)
2. name of a poet (Rājat.)
3. a species of acacia (L.)
4. A scrambling shrub or tree of species Ziziphus oenopolia (syn. Ziziphus scandens (L.)), found in dry tropical environments from India to eastern China and northeastern Australia.
5. name of a son of Vyasa (MBh., Pur.)
6. name of a warrior (MBh.)
7. name of an asura (Hariv.)
8. name of a king of the Gandharvas (R.)
9. name of a minister of Rāvaṇa (R.)
10. name of a Brahman ascetic (Buddh.)

Declension

Descendants

• → Telugu: శుకము (śukamu)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

शुक • (śúka) stem, n

1. (botany) name of various plants (L.)
2. name of a particular drug or perfume, a gall also called granthiparam or ganthiala (L.)
3. hem of a garment (L.)
4. cloth, clothes (L.)
5. helmet, turban (L.)
6. name of a mythical weapon (MBh.)

Declension

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शुक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1079.