शुण्ठी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

शुण्ठि (śuṇṭhi)

Alternative scripts

শুণ্ঠী (Assamese script)
ᬰᬸᬡ᭄ᬞᬷ (Balinese script)
শুণ্ঠী (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰙𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀞𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ၐုဏ္ဌီ (Burmese script)
શુણ્ઠી (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ੁਣ੍ਠੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌠𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦸꦟ꧀ꦜꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂘𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಶುಣ್ಠೀ (Kannada script)
ឝុណ្ឋី (Khmer script)
ຨຸຓ຺ຐີ (Lao script)
ശുണ്ഠീ (Malayalam script)
ᡧᡠᢏᡱᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘙𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠱᠤᢏᢍᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧔𑦼𑧠𑦹𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐛𑐷 (Newa script)
ଶୁଣ୍ଠୀ (Odia script)
ꢯꢸꢠ꣄ꢝꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆜𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖙𑖱 (Siddham script)
ශුණ‍්ඨී (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩧𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚕𑚯 (Takri script)
ஶுண்டீ² (Tamil script)
శుణ్ఠీ (Telugu script)
ศุณฺฐี (Thai script)
ཤུ་ཎྛཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒚𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨕𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕuɳ.ʈʰiː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕuɳ.ʈʰiː/

Noun

शुण्ठी • (śuṇṭhī) stem, f

dry ginger

Declension

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

Descendants

→ Kannada: ಶುಂಠಿ (śuṇṭhi)
→ Telugu: శొంఠి (śoṇṭhi), శుంఠి (śuṇṭhi), సొంటి (soṇṭi)
→ Tulu: ಶುಂಠಿ (śuṇṭhi)
→ Malayalam: ശുണ്ഠി (śuṇṭhi)

References

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

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