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 Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕubʱ/
Root
शुभ् • (śubh)
Alternative forms
- शुम्भ् (śumbh), शोभ् (śobh)
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root शुभ् (0 c, 4 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root शुभ् (9 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- शोभति (śóbhati) (Present)
- शुम्भति (śumbháti) (Present)
- शुभयति (śubháyati) (Present)
- शोभिष्यति (śobhiṣyati) (Future)
- शुम्भिष्यति (śumbhiṣyati) (Future)
- शोभिता (śobhitā) (Periphrastic Future)
- शुम्भिता (śumbhitā) (Periphrastic Future)
- अशुभत् (aśubhat) (Aorist)
- अशोभिष्ट (aśobhiṣṭa) (Aorist)
- अशुम्भीत् (aśumbhīt) (Aorist)
- शुशोभ (śuśobha) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- अशोभि (aśobhi) (Passive Aorist)
- शोभयति (śobhayati) (Causative)
- अशूशुभत् (áśūśubhat) (Causative Aorist)
- शुशोभिषते (śuśobhiṣate) (Desiderative)
- शोशुभ्यते (śośubhyate) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- शुभित (śubhitá) (Past Participle)
- शुम्भित (śumbhita) (Past Participle)
- शुभे (śubhé) (Infinitive)
- शोभसे (śobháse) (Infinitive)
- शोभितुम् (śobhitum) (Infinitive)
- शोभित (śobhita) (Causative Past Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- अभिशुभ् (abhiśubh)
- उपशुभ् (upaśubh)
- परिशुभ् (pariśubh)
- विशुभ् (viśubh)
- संशुभ् (saṃśubh)
Noun
शुभ् • (śúbh) stem, f
- beauty, splendour, radiance, lustre
- happiness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सुख
- victory
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जय
- ornament
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:अलंकार
- an auspicious offering
- water
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जल
- a brilliant chariot
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शुप् (śúp) | शुभौ (śúbhau) शुभा¹ (śúbhā¹) |
शुभः (śúbhaḥ) |
| accusative | शुभम् (śúbham) | शुभौ (śúbhau) शुभा¹ (śúbhā¹) |
शुभः (śúbhaḥ) |
| instrumental | शुभा (śubhā́) | शुब्भ्याम् (śubbhyā́m) | शुब्भिः (śubbhíḥ) |
| dative | शुभे (śubhé) | शुब्भ्याम् (śubbhyā́m) | शुब्भ्यः (śubbhyáḥ) |
| ablative | शुभः (śubháḥ) | शुब्भ्याम् (śubbhyā́m) | शुब्भ्यः (śubbhyáḥ) |
| genitive | शुभः (śubháḥ) | शुभोः (śubhóḥ) | शुभाम् (śubhā́m) |
| locative | शुभि (śubhí) | शुभोः (śubhóḥ) | शुप्सु (śupsú) |
| vocative | शुप् (śúp) | शुभौ (śúbhau) शुभा¹ (śúbhā¹) |
शुभः (śúbhaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शुभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1083, column 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
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “śubh”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “ŚOBH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 657-8
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “śobh”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 462-3
- 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
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