शुण्ठ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

শুণ্ঠ্ (Assamese script)
ᬰᬸᬡ᭄ᬞ᭄ (Balinese script)
শুণ্ঠ্ (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰙𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀞𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ၐုဏ္ဌ် (Burmese script)
શુણ્ઠ્ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ੁਣ੍ਠ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌠𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦸꦟ꧀ꦜ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂘𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಶುಣ್ಠ್ (Kannada script)
ឝុណ្ឋ៑ (Khmer script)
ຨຸຓ຺ຐ຺ (Lao script)
ശുണ്ഠ് (Malayalam script)
ᡧᡠᢏᡱ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘙𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠱᠤᢏᢍ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧔𑦼𑧠𑦹𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐛𑑂 (Newa script)
ଶୁଣ୍ଠ୍ (Odia script)
ꢯꢸꢠ꣄ꢝ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆜𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖙𑖿 (Siddham script)
ශුණ‍්ඨ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩧 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚕𑚶 (Takri script)
ஶுண்ட்² (Tamil script)
శుణ్ఠ్ (Telugu script)
ศุณฺฐฺ (Thai script)
ཤུ་ཎྛ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒚𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨕𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Possibly related to शुष्क (śuṣka, “dried up”) via a series of sound changes शुष्क (śuṣka) > *शुष्ट (śuṣṭa) > *शुट्ठ (śuṭṭha) > शुण्ठ् (śuṇṭh). Other theories link the root to Dravidian; compare Tamil சுண்டு (cuṇṭu, “to dry up”), Telugu చుండు (cuṇḍu, “to be evaporated or dried up”)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕuɳʈʰ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕuɳʈʰ/

Root

शुण्ठ् • (śuṇṭh)

to limp, be lame
to dry, become dry

Derived terms

शुण्ठति (śuṇṭhati)
शुण्ठयति (śuṇṭhayati)
शुण्ठी (śuṇṭhī)
शुण्ठ्य (śuṇṭhya)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “शुण्ठ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1081/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 493
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 353-4