शोण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শোণ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᭀᬡ (Balinese script)
• শোণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰺𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁄𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ၐောဏ (Burmese script)
• શોણ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੋਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍋𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦺꦴꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂷𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಶೋಣ (Kannada script)
• ឝោណ (Khmer script)
• ໂຨຓ (Lao script)
• ശോണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠣᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘻𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠣᠸᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧜𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑀𑐞 (Newa script)
• ଶୋଣ (Odia script)
• ꢯꣂꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆾𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖺𑖜 (Siddham script)
• ශොණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩕𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚴𑚘 (Takri script)
• ஶோண (Tamil script)
• శోణ (Telugu script)
• โศณ (Thai script)
• ཤོ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒼𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨆𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱów-no- (“luminous; vibrant”), perhaps an extension of *ḱew- (“to shine”), and related to शुच् (śuc, “to shine”), शुध् (śudh, “to purify”), and शुभ् (śubh, “to beautify”); outside of Indic, compare perhaps Welsh cun (“lovely”), Russian суни́ка (suníka, “wild strawberry”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐw.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕoː.ɳɐ/

Adjective

शोण • (śoṇa) stem

1. red, crimson, purple

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शोण
Nom. sg.	शोणः (śoṇaḥ)
Gen. sg.	शोणस्य (śoṇasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शोणः (śoṇaḥ)	शोणौ (śoṇau)	शोणाः (śoṇāḥ)
Vocative	शोण (śoṇa)	शोणौ (śoṇau)	शोणाः (śoṇāḥ)
Accusative	शोणम् (śoṇam)	शोणौ (śoṇau)	शोणान् (śoṇān)
Instrumental	शोणेन (śoṇena)	शोणाभ्याम् (śoṇābhyām)	शोणैः (śoṇaiḥ)
Dative	शोणाय (śoṇāya)	शोणाभ्याम् (śoṇābhyām)	शोणेभ्यः (śoṇebhyaḥ)
Ablative	शोणात् (śoṇāt)	शोणाभ्याम् (śoṇābhyām)	शोणेभ्यः (śoṇebhyaḥ)
Genitive	शोणस्य (śoṇasya)	शोणयोः (śoṇayoḥ)	शोणानाम् (śoṇānām)
Locative	शोणे (śoṇe)	शोणयोः (śoṇayoḥ)	शोणेषु (śoṇeṣu)

Feminine ā-stem declension of शोण
Nom. sg.	शोणा (śoṇā)
Gen. sg.	शोणायाः (śoṇāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शोणा (śoṇā)	शोणे (śoṇe)	शोणाः (śoṇāḥ)
Vocative	शोणे (śoṇe)	शोणे (śoṇe)	शोणाः (śoṇāḥ)
Accusative	शोणाम् (śoṇām)	शोणे (śoṇe)	शोणाः (śoṇāḥ)
Instrumental	शोणया (śoṇayā)	शोणाभ्याम् (śoṇābhyām)	शोणाभिः (śoṇābhiḥ)
Dative	शोणायै (śoṇāyai)	शोणाभ्याम् (śoṇābhyām)	शोणाभ्यः (śoṇābhyaḥ)
Ablative	शोणायाः (śoṇāyāḥ)	शोणाभ्याम् (śoṇābhyām)	शोणाभ्यः (śoṇābhyaḥ)
Genitive	शोणायाः (śoṇāyāḥ)	शोणयोः (śoṇayoḥ)	शोणानाम् (śoṇānām)
Locative	शोणायाम् (śoṇāyām)	शोणयोः (śoṇayoḥ)	शोणासु (śoṇāsu)

Neuter a-stem declension of शोण
Nom. sg.	शोणम् (śoṇam)
Gen. sg.	शोणस्य (śoṇasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शोणम् (śoṇam)	शोणे (śoṇe)	शोणानि (śoṇāni)
Vocative	शोण (śoṇa)	शोणे (śoṇe)	शोणानि (śoṇāni)
Accusative	शोणम् (śoṇam)	शोणे (śoṇe)	शोणानि (śoṇāni)
Instrumental	शोणेन (śoṇena)	शोणाभ्याम् (śoṇābhyām)	शोणैः (śoṇaiḥ)
Dative	शोणाय (śoṇāya)	शोणाभ्याम् (śoṇābhyām)	शोणेभ्यः (śoṇebhyaḥ)
Ablative	शोणात् (śoṇāt)	शोणाभ्याम् (śoṇābhyām)	शोणेभ्यः (śoṇebhyaḥ)
Genitive	शोणस्य (śoṇasya)	शोणयोः (śoṇayoḥ)	शोणानाम् (śoṇānām)
Locative	शोणे (śoṇe)	शोणयोः (śoṇayoḥ)	शोणेषु (śoṇeṣu)

Noun

शोण • (śoṇa) stem, m

1. redness
2. fire
3. Bignonia indica or a variety of it
4. red sugarcane

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शोण (śoṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शोणः śoṇaḥ	शोणौ / शोणा¹ śoṇau / śoṇā¹	शोणाः / शोणासः¹ śoṇāḥ / śoṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शोण śoṇa	शोणौ / शोणा¹ śoṇau / śoṇā¹	शोणाः / शोणासः¹ śoṇāḥ / śoṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शोणम् śoṇam	शोणौ / शोणा¹ śoṇau / śoṇā¹	शोणान् śoṇān
Instrumental	शोणेन śoṇena	शोणाभ्याम् śoṇābhyām	शोणैः / शोणेभिः¹ śoṇaiḥ / śoṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	शोणाय śoṇāya	शोणाभ्याम् śoṇābhyām	शोणेभ्यः śoṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	शोणात् śoṇāt	शोणाभ्याम् śoṇābhyām	शोणेभ्यः śoṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	शोणस्य śoṇasya	शोणयोः śoṇayoḥ	शोणानाम् śoṇānām
Locative	शोणे śoṇe	शोणयोः śoṇayoḥ	शोणेषु śoṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शोण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1091/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 656-657
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 378-379