Sun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sun"

English

The Sun (1)

The Sun's astronomical/astrological symbol

Etymology 1

From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunna, sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wén-, oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun; the Sun”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Old Dutch sunna, German Low German Sünn, Old Saxon sunna, German Sonne, Old High German sunna, Faroese sunna, Icelandic sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō). More at sun.

Alternative forms

sonne, sunne (obsolete)
sun

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /sʌn/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ʌn
Homophones: son, sun

Proper noun

the Sun

The star at the centre of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☉.
The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
(newspapers) An English tabloid newspaper.

Synonyms

Sol
☉ ☼

Related terms

sun
currant bun

Translations

star

Abkhaz: Амра (Amra)
Afrikaans: Son
Akkadian: 𒌓 m (šamšu)
Albanian: Dielli m (definite), diell (sq) m
Amharic: ፀሐይ (ṣ́äḥäy)
Arabic: اَلشَّمْس‎ f (aš-šams) (definite), شَمْس‎ (ar) f (šams)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܸܡܫܵܐ‎ (šimša)
Classical Syriac: ܫܡܫܐ‎ c (/šemšā/)
Armenian: Արեգակ (hy) (Aregak)
Asturian: sol (ast) m, Sol (ast) m
Avar: Бакъ (Baqxʼ)
Azerbaijani: Günəş (az)
Bashkir: Ҡояш (Qoyaş), ҡояш (qoyaş)
Belarusian: Со́нца n (Sónca)
Bengali: সূর্য (bn) (sūrĵô)
Breton: Heol m
Bulgarian: Слъ́нце n (Slǎ́nce)
Burmese: နေ (my) (ne)
Catalan: Sol (ca) m
Chechen: Малх (Malx)
Cherokee: ᏅᏓᎡᎨᎯ (nvdaegehi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 太陽, 太阳 (taai³ joeng⁴)
Dungan: Жәту (Řətu), Әрту (Ərtu), Тэён (Tei͡on), Эрту (Ertu) (Shaanxi)
Hakka: 日頭, 日头 (ngit-thèu)
Mandarin: 太陽／太阳 (zh) (tàiyáng)
Min Nan: 日頭 (zh-min-nan), 日头 (ji̍t-thâu, li̍t-thâu), 太陽 (zh-min-nan), 太阳 (thài-iâng)
Chukchi: Тиркытир (Tirkytir)
Chuvash: Хӗвел (Hĕvel)
Czech: Slunce (cs) n
Danish: Solen (da)
Dhivehi: އިރު‎ (dv) (iru)
Dolgan: Күн (Kün)
Dutch: zon (nl) f, (astronomy) Zon (nl) f
Erzya: Чи (Či)
Esperanto: suno (eo)
Estonian: päike (et), Päike
Even: Нӫ̄лтэн (Ņȫltən)
Evenki: Дылача̄ (Dilaçā), Сигӯн (Sigūn) (dialectal)
Faroese: Sólin
Finnish: Aurinko (fi)
French: Soleil (fr) m
Galician: sol (gl) m
Gamilaraay: yaraay
Georgian: მზე (ka) (mze)
German: Sonne (de) f
Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 f (sunnō), 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 n (sauil)
Greek: Ήλιος (el) m (Ílios)
Ancient: ἀγαθό δαίμων m (agathó daímōn), Φᾰέθων m (Phaéthōn)
Gujarati: સૂર્ય (gu) (sūrya)
Hebrew: שֶׁמֶשׁ‎ (he) f (shémesh), חַמָּה‎ (he) f (khamá)
Hindi: सूर्य (hi) m (sūrya), ख़्वुरशेद m (xvurśed), सूरज (hi) m (sūraj), शम्स (hi) m (śams), खुरशीद (hi) m (khurśīd), रवि (hi) m (ravi), दिनकर (hi) m (dinkar), भानु (hi) m (bhānu), आदित्य (hi) m (āditya)
Hittite: 𒀭𒌓𒇷𒄿𒀀 (^DUTU-li-ya)
Hungarian: nap (hu), Nap (hu)
Icelandic: sól (is), Sól (is) f
Ido: suno (io)
Indonesian: Matahari (id), matahari (id)
Sundanese: panonpoe
Ingush: Малх (Malx)
Irish: Grian, An Ghrian
Italian: sole (it) m
Japanese: 太陽 (ja) (たいよう, taiyō)
Kalmyk: Нарн (Narn)
Kannada: ಸೂರ್ಯ (kn) (sūrya), ರವಿ (kn) (ravi)
Kapampangan: Aldo
Karelian: Päiväine, Päivy
Kashubian: Słuńce n
Kazakh: Күн (kk) (Kün)
Khakas: Кӱн (Kün)
Khmer: ព្រះអាទិត្យ (km) (prĕəh ʼaatɨt)
Komi-Zyrian: Шонді (Šondi)
Korean: 해 (ko) (hae), 일 (ko) (il), 태양(太陽) (ko) (taeyang)
Kyrgyz: Күн (Kün)
Lakota: apawi
Lao: ຕາເວັນ (lo) (tā wen)
Latvian: Saule
Laz: მჟორა (mjora)
Lezgi: Рагъ (Raġ)
Lithuanian: saulė (lt) f
Low German:
German Low German: Sünn (nds) f
Lü: ᦎᦱᦞᧃ (ṫaavan)
Macedonian: Сонце n (Sonce)
Malay: Matahari (ms), matahari (ms)
Malayalam: സൂര്യൻ (ml) (sūryaṉ)
Maltese: Xemx m, xemx (mt) m
Manchu: ᡧᡠᠨ (šun)
Marathi: सूर्य m (sūrya)
Mingrelian: ბჟა (bža)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Нар (mn) (Nar)
Mongolian: ᠨᠠᠷᠠ (nara)
Nandi: asis
Navajo: jóhonaaʼéí
Nepali: सूर्य (sūrya)
Ngarrindjeri: Nungge
Northern East Cree: ᒌᔑᑳᓂᐲᓯᒻ (ciishikaanipiisim), ᐲᓯᒻ (piisim)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Sol m or f, Solen m or f (definite)
Nynorsk: Sol f, Sola f (definite)
Ojibwe: giizis
Old English: Sunne
Old Occitan: sol, solelh m
Ossetian: Хур (Xur)
Pashto: لمر‎ (ps) m (lmër), نور‎ (ps) m (nwër), نمر‎ (ps) m (nmër)
Persian: خورشید‎ (fa) (xoršid)
Polish: słońce (pl) n
Portuguese: Sol (pt) m
Punjabi: ਸੂਰਜ (pa) (sūraj)
Purepecha: jurhiata, jurhíata
Romanian: soare (ro) m
Russian: Со́лнце (ru) n (Sólnce)
Rusyn: Со́нце n (Sónce)
Sanskrit: रवि (sa) (ravi), सूर्य (sa) (sūrya), दिनकर (sa) (dinakara)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Су̑нце n
Roman: Sȗnce (sh) n
Shor: Кӱн (Kün)
Sichuan Yi: ꉘꁮ (hxo bbu)
Silesian: Słůńce n
Sinhalese: හිරු (si) (hiru), ඉර (si) (ira)
Slovak: Slnko n
Slovene: sonce (sl) n, Sonce (sl) n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Słyńco n
Upper Sorbian: Słónco n
Southern Altai: Кӱн (Kün)
Spanish: sol (es) m, Sol (es) m
Sumerian: 𒌓 (ud)
Svan: მიჟ (miž)
Swahili: Jua
Swedish: solen (sv) c
Tagalog: Araw, Adlaw
Tajik: Офтоб (tg) (Oftob), Хуршед (Xuršed), офтоб (tg) (oftob)
Tamil: ஞாயிறு (ta) (ñāyiṟu)
Tatar: Кояш (tt) (Qoyaş), кояш (tt) (qoyaş)
Telugu: సూర్యుడు (te) (sūryuḍu)
Thai: ดวงอาทิตย์ (th) (duuang-aa-tít)
Tibetan: ཉི་མ (nyi ma)
Tofa: Һүн (Hün), Күн (Kün)
Turkish: Güneş (tr)
Turkmen: Güneş, Gün
Tuvan: Хүн (Xün)
Tzotzil: kʼakʼal
Ukrainian: Со́нце (uk) n (Sónce)
Urdu: سوریہ‎ m (sūrya), خورشید‎ m (xuršed), سورج‎ (ur) m (sūraj)
Uyghur: قۇياش‎ (ug) (quyash), كۈن‎ (ug) (kün)
Uzbek: Quyosh, Oftob
Veps: Päiväine
Vietnamese: Mặt Trời (vi), Thái Dương (vi) (太陽 (vi))
Volapük: sol (vo)
Welsh: Haul (cy)
Written Oirat: ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ (naran)
Yakut: Күн (Kün)
Yiddish: זון‎ f (zun), החמה‎ f (hakhome)
Zhuang: da'ngoenz, gyangngoenz, gyangjngoenz, havaenz

91st sura of the Qur'an

Arabic: سُورَةُ الشَمْسِ‎ (sūratu š-šamsi)

newspaper

Arabic: ذَا صَن‎ f (ḏā ṣan)
Japanese: ザ・サン (Za-San)
Russian: Сан (ru) m or f (San)

Alternative forms

Sun.

Noun

Sun (plural Suns)

Abbreviation of Sunday.

Coordinate terms

Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat

Translations

Sunday

Catalan: dg. (ca)
Czech: ne (cs)
Danish: søn (da)
Finnish: su (fi)
French: dim. (fr) m
German: So. (de), Son., Sonnt.
Hindi: रवि (hi) m (ravi), आदित्य (hi) m (āditya)
Japanese: 日 (ja) (nichi), 日曜 (ja) (nichiyō)
Korean: 일 (ko) (il)
Portuguese: dom (pt) m
Scottish Gaelic: Did

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 孫／孙 (Sūn), Wade-Giles romanization: Sun¹.

Proper noun

Sun (plural Suns)

A surname.

Anagrams

'uns, NUS, UNS, USN, uns

Bavarian

Die Sun.

Alternative forms

Sunn

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā. Cognates include German Sonne and Luxembourgish Sonn.

Pronunciation

(Vienna) IPA^(key): /ˈsun/
Hyphenation: Sun

Noun

Sun f

(Vienna) sun
- 2017, “Spür die Sun [Feel the sun]”, performed by Granada:
  Spür die Sun, die Sun.
  Feel the sun, the sun.

References

Maria Hornung; Sigmar Grüner (2002), “Sun”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
Petr Šubrt (2010) Wiener dialekt (master thesis), Masaryk University, page 24

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 孫／孙 (sūn).

Proper noun

Sun

a surname from Hakka

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صنع‎ (sun'), from Arabic صُنْع‎ (ṣunʿ).

Proper noun

Sun

a male given name
a female given name