शू

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English shoe.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃuː/

Noun

शू • (śū) m (Urdu spelling شو)

1. shoe

Declension

Declension of शू (masc ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शू śū	शू śū
oblique	शू śū	शुओं śuõ
vocative	शू śū	शुओ śuo

Sanskrit

Etymology

Class 1 verb (śvayati), also cited as श्वि (śvi), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕuː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɕuː/

Root

शू • (śū)

1. to swell

Derived terms

• शव (śava, “corpse, dead body”)
• शून्य (śūnya, “hollow, void, empty”)