शुनक

शुनक

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬰᬸᬦᬓ (Balinese script)
• শুনক (Assamese script)
• শুনক (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰲𑰡𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀼𑀦𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌶𑍁𑌨𑌕 (Grantha script)
• શુનક (Gujarati script)
• ꦯꦸꦤꦏ (Javanese script)
• ಶುನಕ (Kannada script)
• ၐုနက (Burmese script)
• ଶୁନକ (Oriya script)
• ꢯꢸꢥꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆶𑆤𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖲𑖡𑖎 (Siddham script)
• శునక (Telugu script)
• ཤུནཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒳𑒢𑒏 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕu.n̪ɐ.kɐh/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕu.n̪ɐ.kɐh/, [ˈɕu.n̪ɐ.kɐhɐ̆]

Noun

शुनक • (śunaka) m

1. a young or small dog, any dog

   एतौ शुनकौ उच्चैः बुक्कतः।

   etau śunakau uccaiḥ bukkataḥ.

   These two dogs bark loudly.

2. name of a rishi
3. name of an Āṅgirasa and disciple of Pathya
4. name of a king
5. name of a son of Ruru
6. name of a son of Ṛcīka
7. name of a son of Ṛta
8. name of a son of Gṛtsa-mada
9. name of the slayer of Puraṃ-jaya and father of Pradyota
10. = शौनक (śaunaka)
11. (in the plural) the family or race of Śunaka

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शुनक
Nom. sg.	शुनकः (śunakaḥ)
Gen. sg.	शुनकस्य (śunakasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शुनकः (śunakaḥ)	शुनकौ (śunakau)	शुनकाः (śunakāḥ)
Vocative	शुनक (śunaka)	शुनकौ (śunakau)	शुनकाः (śunakāḥ)
Accusative	शुनकम् (śunakam)	शुनकौ (śunakau)	शुनकान् (śunakān)
Instrumental	शुनकेन (śunakena)	शुनकाभ्याम् (śunakābhyām)	शुनकैः (śunakaiḥ)
Dative	शुनकाय (śunakāya)	शुनकाभ्याम् (śunakābhyām)	शुनकेभ्यः (śunakebhyaḥ)
Ablative	शुनकात् (śunakāt)	शुनकाभ्याम् (śunakābhyām)	शुनकेभ्यः (śunakebhyaḥ)
Genitive	शुनकस्य (śunakasya)	शुनकयोः (śunakayoḥ)	शुनकानाम् (śunakānām)
Locative	शुनके (śunake)	शुनकयोः (śunakayoḥ)	शुनकेषु (śunakeṣu)

Descendants

• Telugu: శునకము (śunakamu)
• Thai: สุนัข (su nak)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “शुनक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1083.