# शुभ्
## Sanskrit
### 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: /ɕúbʱ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɕubʱ/

### Root

शुभ् • (śubh)
* 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
* 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
### 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]‎ (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) “0594”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0594