# सुख
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुख (sukha).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sʊkʰ/

### Noun

सुख • (sukh) m (Urdu spelling سکھ)
* happiness, pleasure, gratification
    सनातन मुक्ति पाने के लिए, जीवन के सुखों का त्याग करना पड़ेगा।sanātan mukti pāne ke lie, jīvan ke sukhõ kā tyāg karnā paṛegā.In order to attain eternal salvation, you must sacrifice the pleasures of life.
* comfort
    यह यात्रियों के सुख के लिए है।yah yātriyõ ke sukh ke lie hai.This is for the comfort of the passengers.

#### Synonyms

* (happiness): ख़ुशी (xuśī)

#### Derived terms

* सुखकर (sukhkar, “happy, pleasant, comforting”)
* सुखजनक (sukhjanak, “causing happiness or pleasure”)
* सुखजीवी (sukhjīvī, “easy-going”)
* सुखमृत्यु (sukhmŕtyu, “euthanasia”)

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सुख”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “सुख”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘳𑘏 (sukha), from Sanskrit सुख (sukha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sukʰ/, [suːkʰ]

### Noun

सुख • (sukh) n
* happiness, gratification, contentment, well-being
    सुख ह्या शब्दाची खरी व्याख्या शब्दांमध्ये मांडणे कठीण आहे।sukh hyā śabdācī kharī vyākhyā śabdāmmadhye māṇḍṇe kaṭhīṇ āhe.The true definition of happiness is difficult to describe in words.

#### Synonyms

* (happiness): आनंद (ānanda)
* (gratification): समाधान (samādhān)
* (contentment): तृप्ती (tŕptī)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “सुख”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* sukha (Latin script)
* 𑀲𑀼𑀔 (Brahmi script)
* সুখ (Bengali script)
* සුඛ (Sinhalese script)
* သုခ or သုၶ (Burmese script)
* สุข or สุขะ (Thai script)
* ᩈᩩᨡ (Tai Tham script)
* ສຸຂ or ສຸຂະ (Lao script)
* សុខ (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄪𑄈 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

सुख
* Devanagari script form of sukha (“agreeable”)

#### Declension
### Noun

सुख n
* Devanagari script form of sukha (“happiness”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* शुख (śukha)

### Alternative scripts

* সুখ (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬸᬔ (Balinese script)
* সুখ (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰲𑰏 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀼𑀔 (Brahmi script)
* သုခ (Burmese script)
* સુખ (Gujarati script)
* ਸੁਖ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍁𑌖 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦸꦑ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂳𑂎 (Kaithi script)
* ಸುಖ (Kannada script)
* សុខ (Khmer script)
* ສຸຂ (Lao script)
* സുഖ (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᡠᡘᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘳𑘏 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠤᠻᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧔𑦯 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐸𑐏 (Newa script)
* ସୁଖ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢸꢓ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆶𑆒 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖲𑖏 (Siddham script)
* සුඛ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩒𑩝 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚰𑚋 (Takri script)
* ஸுக² (Tamil script)
* సుఖ (Telugu script)
* สุข (Thai script)
* སུ་ཁ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒳𑒐 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨃𑨌 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Said to be from सु- (su-) +‎ ख (kha), and to mean originally "having a good axle-hole"; but the sense "pleasant, etc." possibly reborrowed from a Prakrit form of earlier सुस्थ (sustha), from सु- (su-) +‎ स्थ (stha); compare दुःख (duḥkha).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /su.kʰɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪u.kʰɐ/

### Adjective

सु॒ख • (sukhá) stem
* running swiftly or easily (only applied to cars or chariots, superlative सुखतम (sukhá-tama)), easy
* pleasant (rarely with this meaning in Vedas), agreeable, gentle, mild (comparative सुखतर (sukhá-tará))
* comfortable, happy, prosperous (सुखिन् (sukhin))
* virtuous, pious

#### Declension
### Noun

सु॒ख • (sukhá) stem, m
* name of a man
* a kind of military array, compare दण्ड (daṇḍa)
* (music) a particular mūrchanā
* name of the city of Varuṇa
* name of one of the 9 śaktis of Shiva

#### Declension
### Noun

सु॒ख • (sukhá) stem, n
* ease, easiness
* comfort
* prosperity
* pleasure
* happiness (in m personified as a child of Dharma and Siddhi)
* joy, delight in (+locative)
    sukham-√kṛ — to give pleasure
    महता सुखेनmahatā sukhenawith great pleasure
* the sky, heaven, atmosphere
* water

#### Descendants

* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀖 (sugha), 𑀲𑀼𑀳 (suha), 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔 (sukkha) (see there for further descendants)
* Pali: sukha
** → Mon: သုခ
** → Burmese: သုခ (su.hka.)
** → Shan: သုၵ်ႉၶႃႉ (sṵ̂k khâ̰a)

##### Borrowed terms

* → Assamese: সুখ (xukh)
* → Bengali: সুখ (śukh)
* → Hindi: सुख (sukh)
* → Khmer: សុខ (sok)
* → Malay: suka
** Indonesian: suka
** → Min Nan: 舒合 (su-kah)
* → Marathi: सुख (sukh)
* → Thai: สุข (sùk)
* ⇒ Telugu: సుఖము (sukhamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “सुख”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1220, column 3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “khá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 442