सु-

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See also: म, स, स़, से, and स-

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀼- (su-), from Sanskrit सु- (su-), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-. Also borrowed from Sanskrit सु- (su-) in many cases.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /suː/

Prefix

सु- • (su-)

  1. good-, well-, eu-
    Synonym: ख़ुश- (xuś-)
    ‎सु- (su-) + ‎कर्म (karm, “deed”) → ‎सुकर्म (sukarm, “a good deed”)

Usage notes

This prefix is typically applied to Sanskrit loanwords. It is often opposed to the prefix कु- (ku-, “ill-, mal-”).

Derived terms

Hindi terms prefixed with सु-

References

Pali

Alternative forms

  • स्व्- (sv-) before vowels; the vowel takes the dependent form
Alternative forms

Prefix

सु- (su-)

  1. Devanagari script form of su- (“good”) ("pure" )

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

सु- • (su-)

  1. good-, well-
    ‎सु- (su-) + ‎गन्ध (gandha, “smell”) → ‎सुगन्ध (sugandha, “good smell, perfume”)

Antonyms

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms prefixed with सु-

Descendants

  • Pali: su-
  • → Assamese: সু- (xu-)
  • → Bengali: সু- (śu-)
  • → Burmese: သု (su.)
  • → Punjabi: ਸੁ- (su-)
  • → Telugu: సు- (su-)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “सु-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1219/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 734-6
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