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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শুনক (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬸᬦᬓ (Balinese script)
- শুনক (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰲𑰡𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀼𑀦𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ၐုနက (Burmese script)
- શુનક (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੁਨਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍁𑌨𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦸꦤꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂳𑂢𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಶುನಕ (Kannada script)
- ឝុនក (Khmer script)
- ຨຸນກ (Lao script)
- ശുനക (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡠᠨᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘳𑘡𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠤᠨᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧔𑧁𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐸𑐣𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଶୁନକ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢸꢥꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆶𑆤𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖲𑖡𑖎 (Siddham script)
- ශුනක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩒𑩯𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚰𑚝𑚊 (Takri script)
- ஶுநக (Tamil script)
- శునక (Telugu script)
- ศุนก (Thai script)
- ཤུ་ན་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒳𑒢𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨃𑨝𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Possibly derived from Vedic Sanskrit श्वन् (śván, gen. sg. शुनः (śúnaḥ), nom. sg. श्वा (śvā́)).
Pronunciation
Noun
शुनक • (śunaka) stem, m
- a young or small dog, any dog
एतौ शुनकौ उच्चैः बुक्कतः।- etau śunakau uccaiḥ bukkataḥ.
- These two dogs bark loudly.
- name of a rishi
- name of an Āṅgirasa and disciple of Pathya
- name of a king
- name of a son of Ruru
- name of a son of Ṛcīka
- name of a son of Ṛta
- name of a son of Gṛtsa-mada
- name of the slayer of Puraṃ-jaya and father of Pradyota
- = शौनक (śaunaka)
- (in the plural) the family or race of Śunaka
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