शूद्र

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शूद्र (śūdra)

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃuːd̪.ɾᵊ/

Noun

शूद्र • (śūdram (feminine शूद्रा or शूद्राणी, Urdu spelling شُودْرَ)

  1. a Shudra
  2. the varna of Shudras

Declension

Declension of शूद्र (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct शूद्र
śūdra
शूद्र
śūdra
oblique शूद्र
śūdra
शूद्रों
śūdrõ
vocative शूद्र
śūdra
शूद्रो
śūdro

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

Noun

शूद्र • (śūdrá) stemm (feminine शूद्रा or शूद्री)

  1. a Shudra

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शूद्र
singular dual plural
nominative शूद्रः (śūdráḥ) शूद्रौ (śūdráu)
शूद्रा¹ (śūdrā́¹)
शूद्राः (śūdrā́ḥ)
शूद्रासः¹ (śūdrā́saḥ¹)
accusative शूद्रम् (śūdrám) शूद्रौ (śūdráu)
शूद्रा¹ (śūdrā́¹)
शूद्रान् (śūdrā́n)
instrumental शूद्रेण (śūdréṇa) शूद्राभ्याम् (śūdrā́bhyām) शूद्रैः (śūdráiḥ)
शूद्रेभिः¹ (śūdrébhiḥ¹)
dative शूद्राय (śūdrā́ya) शूद्राभ्याम् (śūdrā́bhyām) शूद्रेभ्यः (śūdrébhyaḥ)
ablative शूद्रात् (śūdrā́t) शूद्राभ्याम् (śūdrā́bhyām) शूद्रेभ्यः (śūdrébhyaḥ)
genitive शूद्रस्य (śūdrásya) शूद्रयोः (śūdráyoḥ) शूद्राणाम् (śūdrā́ṇām)
locative शूद्रे (śūdré) शूद्रयोः (śūdráyoḥ) शूद्रेषु (śūdréṣu)
vocative शूद्र (śū́dra) शूद्रौ (śū́drau)
शूद्रा¹ (śū́drā¹)
शूद्राः (śū́drāḥ)
शूद्रासः¹ (śū́drāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Bengali: শুদ্র (śudro) (learned)
  • Hindi: शूद्र (śūdra) (learned)
  • Malayalam: ശൂദ്രൻ (śūdraṉ)
  • Pali: sudda
  • Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀤 (sudda)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), “शूद्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1085, column 3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 650
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śūdrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 728