शुण्ठी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

शुण्ठि (śuṇṭhi)

Alternative scripts

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

Etymology

From the root शुण्ठ् (śuṇṭh, “to dry”). Superficial resemblances to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ (“ginger”) and Proto-Dravidian *cinki (“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 gúhāyāḥ	गुहाभ्याम् gúhābhyām	गुहाभ्यः gúhābhyaḥ
Genitive	गुहायाः gúhāyāḥ	गुहयोः gúhayoḥ	गुहानाम् gúhānām
Locative	गुहायाम् gúhāyām	गुहयोः gúhayoḥ	गुहासु gúhāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

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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