शुभ्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬰᬸᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শুভ্ (Assamese script)
- শুভ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰲𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀼𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌶𑍁𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
- શુભ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੁਭੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦯꦸꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ឝុភ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಶುಭ್ (Kannada script)
- ຨຸຠ຺ (Lao script)
- ശുഭ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘫𑘳𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠤᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
- ᡧᡠᢨ (Manchu script)
- ၐုဘ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧋𑧔𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐸𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶୁଭ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢯꢸꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆶𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖲𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශුභ් (Sinhalese script)
- శుభ్ (Telugu script)
- ศุภฺ (Thai script)
- ཤུ་བྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒳𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱew-bʰ- (“pretty”), an extension of *ḱew- (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
for the noun:
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕúbʱ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɕubʱ/
Root
शुभ् • (śubh)
- to beautify, embellish
Alternative forms
- शुम्भ् (śumbh)
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- शोभति (śóbhati, present, class 1, parasmaipada)
- शोभयति (śobhayati, causative)
- शुशोभिषते (śuśobhiṣate, desiderative)
- शुभे (śubhé, infinitive)
- शोभसे (śobháse, infinitive)
- शुभितुम् (śubhitum, infinitive)
- शुभ (śubha)
- शुभा (śubhā)
- शुभान (śubhāná)
- शुभ्र (śubhrá)
- शुभ्वन् (śúbhvan)
- शोभ (śobha)
- शोभा (śobhā́)
- शोभन (śobhaná)
- शोभित (śobhita)
Noun
शुभ् • (śúbh) f
- beauty, splendour, radiance, lustre
- happiness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सुख
- victory
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जय
- ornament
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:अलंकार
- an auspicious offering
- water
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जल
- a brilliant chariot
Declension
Feminine ubh-stem declension of शुभ् (śúbh)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | शुप् (śúp) | शुभौ (śúbhau) | शुभः (śúbhaḥ) |
Vocative | शुप् (śúp) | शुभौ (śúbhau) | शुभः (śúbhaḥ) |
Accusative | शुभम् (śúbham) | शुभौ (śúbhau) | शुभः (śúbhaḥ) |
Instrumental | शुभा (śúbhā) | शुब्भ्याम् (śúbbhyām) | शुब्भिः (śúbbhiḥ) |
Dative | शुभे (śubhé) | शुब्भ्याम् (śúbbhyām) | शुब्भ्यः (śúbbhyaḥ) |
Ablative | शुभः (śúbhaḥ) | शुब्भ्याम् (śúbbhyām) | शुब्भ्यः (śúbbhyaḥ) |
Genitive | शुभः (śúbhaḥ) | शुभोः (śúbhoḥ) | शुभाम् (śúbhām) |
Locative | शुभि (śúbhi) | शुभोः (śúbhoḥ) | शुप्सु (śúpsu) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शुभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1083.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “शुभ्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 175
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “शुभ्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 330
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0594