शुभ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শুভ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬸᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শুভ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰲𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀼𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐုဘ် (Burmese script)
• શુભ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੁਭ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍁𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦸꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂳𑂦𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶುಭ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝុភ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨຸຠ຺ (Lao script)
• ശുഭ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡠᢨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘳𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠤᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧔𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐸𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶୁଭ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢸꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆶𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖲𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශුභ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩒𑩳 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚰𑚡𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶுப்⁴ (Tamil script)
• శుభ్ (Telugu script)
• ศุภฺ (Thai script)
• ཤུ་བྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒳𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨃𑨡𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćubʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewbʰ- (“pretty”), an extension of *ḱew- (“to shine”). See शुभ्र (śubhra, “bright, beautiful”) for more.

Pronunciation

for the noun:

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕúbʱ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɕubʱ/

Root

शुभ् • (śubh)

1. to beautify, embellish

Alternative forms

• शुम्भ् (śumbh), शोभ् (śobh)

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) stem, f

1. beauty, splendour, radiance, lustre
2. happiness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सुख

3. victory

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जय

4. ornament

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:अलंकार

5. an auspicious offering
6. water

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जल

7. a brilliant chariot

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शुभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1083/1.
• 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
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 647; 657-8

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 330
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0594, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0594