# सुन्दर
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुन्दर (sundara).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sʊn.d̪əɾ/, [sʊ̃n̪.d̪ɐɾ]

### Adjective

सुन्दर • (sundar) (indeclinable)
* Alternative spelling of सुंदर (sundar)

## Nepali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुन्दर (sundara).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sun̪d̪ʌr]
* Phonetic Devanagari: सुन्दर्

### Adjective

सुन्दर • (sundar)
* beautiful, attractive

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* সুন্দৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬸᬦ᭄ᬤᬭ (Balinese script)
* সুন্দর (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰲𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀼𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* သုန္ဒရ (Burmese script)
* સુન્દર (Gujarati script)
* ਸੁਨ੍ਦਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦸꦤ꧀ꦢꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂳𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಸುನ್ದರ (Kannada script)
* សុន្ទរ (Khmer script)
* ສຸນ຺ທຣ (Lao script)
* സുന്ദര (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᡠᠨᡩᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘳𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠤᠨᢑᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧔𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐸𑐣𑑂𑐡𑐬 (Newa script)
* ସୁନ୍ଦର (Odia script)
* ꢱꢸꢥ꣄ꢣꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆶𑆤𑇀𑆢𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖲𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖨 (Siddham script)
* සුන්‍දර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩒𑩯 𑪙𑩭𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚰𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚤 (Takri script)
* ஸுந்த³ர (Tamil script)
* సున్దర (Telugu script)
* สุนฺทร (Thai script)
* སུ་ནྡ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒳𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨃𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From earlier *sūn$^a$ra, from सूनर (sū-nára, “liberal (of goods); spirited (of persons)”), with non-etymological medial plosive (-d-). The lengthened ū was an effect of the second laryngeal (*H) in the etymon Proto-Indo-Iranian *HsuHnaras, a compound meaning something like "possessing or having good manpower", and composed of *Hsu- (“good”) +‎ *Hnā́ (“manpower, man”), making it an etymological match of Ancient Greek Εὔανδρος (Eúandros) (English Evander); synchronical analysis of the word from its roots gives a compound of सु- (su-) +‎ नर (nara), and the lengthened ū was probably shortened in regards with the first element. Further cognates include Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬥𐬀𐬭𐬀 (hunara, “proficiency”) and Persian هنر (honar, “art”). For another example of addition of a medial plosive after a nasal, compare वानर (vānara, “monkey”) and its variant *वान्दर (vāndara).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sun.dɐ.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪un̪.d̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

### Adjective

सुन्दर • (sundara)
* beautiful, handsome, lovely, charming (MBh., Kāv. etc.)
** Mahābhārata, Book IV, 14.30:
    ahaṃ ca te, sundari, dāsavat sthitaḥ
    sadā bhaviṣye vaśa|go, var’|ānane.
       I, too, stand before you as a slave and I will always be obedient, bewitching, lovely-faced lady.
* noble (Subh.)

#### Derived terms

* सौन्दर्य (saundarya, “beauty”)

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: সুন্দর (śundor)
* → Gujarati: સુંદર (sundar)
* → Hindi: सुंदर (sundar)
* → Kannada: ಸುಂದರ (sundara)
* → Marathi: सुंदर (sundar)
* → Nepali: सुन्दर (sundar)
* → Tamil: சுந்தரம் (cuntaram)
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀁𑀤𑀭 (suṃdara)
** Bengali: সুঁদর (śũdor)
** Bhojpuri: सूनर (sūnar)
** Hindi: सुनरिया (sunriyā)
** Maithili: सुनर (sunar)

### Noun

सुन्दर • (sundara) stem, m
* Clerodendrum phlomidis (L.)
* a palace of a particular form (L.)
* name of कामदेव (kāma-deva) (L.)
* name of a serpent-demon (Buddh.)
* name of a son of प्रविलसेन (Pravilasena)
* name of various authors (also with आचार्य (ācārya), कवि (kavi), भट्ट (bhaṭṭa) etc.)

#### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “सुन्दर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1227.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “sūnára-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 740
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “sundara-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 516