शुण्ठी

Sanskrit

From the root शुण्ठ् (śuṇṭh, “to dry”), which itself is from Dravidian; compare Tamil சுண்டு (cuṇṭu, “to dry up”), Telugu చుండు (cuṇḍu, “to be evaporated or dried up”). Superficial resemblances to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ (“ginger”) and Dravidian இஞ்சி (iñci, “ginger”) have been noted, but the terms are likely unrelated.

शुण्ठी • (śuṇṭhī) stem, f

Feminine ā-stem declension of गुहा (gúhā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गुहा gúhā	गुहे gúhe	गुहाः gúhāḥ
Vocative	गुहे gúhe	गुहे gúhe	गुहाः gúhāḥ
Accusative	गुहाम् gúhām	गुहे gúhe	गुहाः gúhāḥ
Instrumental	गुहया / गुहा¹ gúhayā / gúhā¹	गुहाभ्याम् gúhābhyām	गुहाभिः gúhābhiḥ
Dative	गुहायै gúhāyai	गुहाभ्याम् gúhābhyām	गुहाभ्यः gúhābhyaḥ
Ablative	गुहायाः / गुहायै² gúhāyāḥ / gúhāyai²	गुहाभ्याम् gúhābhyām	गुहाभ्यः gúhābhyaḥ
Genitive	गुहायाः / गुहायै² gúhāyāḥ / gúhāyai²	गुहयोः gúhayoḥ	गुहानाम् gúhānām
Locative	गुहायाम् gúhāyām	गुहयोः gúhayoḥ	गुहासु gúhāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Monier Williams (1899) “शुण्ठी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1081/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 493
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 353-4