शकुनि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শকুনি (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬓᬸᬦᬶ (Balinese script)
• শকুনি (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰎𑰲𑰡𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀓𑀼𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ၐကုနိ (Burmese script)
• શકુનિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਕੁਨਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌕𑍁𑌨𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦏꦸꦤꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂍𑂳𑂢𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಕುನಿ (Kannada script)
• ឝកុនិ (Khmer script)
• ຨກຸນິ (Lao script)
• ശകുനി (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᡬᡠᠨᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘎𑘳𑘡𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢉᠤᠨᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑦮𑧔𑧁𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐎𑐸𑐣𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଶକୁନି (Odia script)
• ꢯꢒꢸꢥꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆑𑆶𑆤𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖎𑖲𑖡𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ශකුනි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩜𑩒𑩯𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚊𑚰𑚝𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஶகுநி (Tamil script)
• శకుని (Telugu script)
• ศกุนิ (Thai script)
• ཤ་ཀུ་ནི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒏𑒳𑒢𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨋𑨃𑨝𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.ku.ni/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐ.ku.n̪i/

Noun

शकुनि • (śakuni) stem, m

1. a bird

Proper noun

शकुनि • (śakuni) stem, m

1. (Hinduism), King of Gandhara, brother of Gandhari and the uncle of the Kauravas

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of शकुनि (śakuni)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शकुनिः śakuniḥ	शकुनी śakunī	शकुनयः śakunayaḥ
Vocative	शकुने śakune	शकुनी śakunī	शकुनयः śakunayaḥ
Accusative	शकुनिम् śakunim	शकुनी śakunī	शकुनीन् śakunīn
Instrumental	शकुनिना / शकुन्या¹ śakuninā / śakunyā¹	शकुनिभ्याम् śakunibhyām	शकुनिभिः śakunibhiḥ
Dative	शकुनये śakunaye	शकुनिभ्याम् śakunibhyām	शकुनिभ्यः śakunibhyaḥ
Ablative	शकुनेः / शकुन्यः¹ śakuneḥ / śakunyaḥ¹	शकुनिभ्याम् śakunibhyām	शकुनिभ्यः śakunibhyaḥ
Genitive	शकुनेः / शकुन्यः¹ śakuneḥ / śakunyaḥ¹	शकुन्योः śakunyoḥ	शकुनीनाम् śakunīnām
Locative	शकुनौ / शकुना¹ śakunau / śakunā¹	शकुन्योः śakunyoḥ	शकुनिषु śakuniṣu
Notes	¹Vedic