# शून्य
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya). Doublet of सूना (sūnā), a tadbhava.

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʃuːn.jə/, [ʃũːɲ.jɐ]

### Numeral

शून्य • (śūnya) (native script symbol ०, Urdu spelling شونیہ) (cardinal)
* zero; 0
    मेरे पास शून्य रुपये है। ― mere pās śūnya rupye hai. ― I have zero rupees with me.

#### Synonyms

* सिफ़र (sifar)

### Noun

शून्य • (śūnya) ? (Urdu spelling شونیہ)
* nil, nothing, squat, naught, null
* nothingness

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

### Adjective

शून्य • (śūnya) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling شونیہ)
* empty, vacuous
* devoid of matter

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya), through Old Marathi 𑘫𑘳𑘡𑘿𑘧 (śunya).

### Numeral

शून्य • (śūnya)
* zero

### Adjective

शून्य • (śūnya)
* empty, void

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “शून्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शून्य”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “शून्य”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Nepali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sunːe]
* Phonetic Devanagari: सुन्ने
* IPA: [sunːä]
* Phonetic Devanagari: सुन्ना

### Numeral

शून्य • (śūnya)
* zero

### Adjective

शून्य • (śūnya)
* empty, void

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শূন্য (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬹᬦ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
* শূন্য (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰳𑰡𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀽𑀦𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ၐူနျ (Burmese script)
* શૂન્ય (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ੂਨ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑍂𑌨𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦹꦤꦾ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂴𑂢𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಶೂನ್ಯ (Kannada script)
* ឝូន្យ (Khmer script)
* ຨູນ຺ຍ (Lao script)
* ശൂന്യ (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᡠᡠᠨᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘴𑘡𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠤᠤᠨᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧕𑧁𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐹𑐣𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
* ଶୂନ୍ଯ (Odia script)
* ꢯꢹꢥ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆷𑆤𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖳𑖡𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
* ශූන්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩒𑩛𑩯 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚱𑚝𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
* ஶூந்ய (Tamil script)
* శూన్య (Telugu script)
* ศูนฺย (Thai script)
* ཤཱུ་ནྱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒴𑒢𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨃𑨊𑨝𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Formed from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówH- (“hollow”), related to Latin cavus (“hollow”), as well as Ancient Greek κύαρ (kúar, “eye of a needle, earhole”) and Tocharian B kor (“throat”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕuːn.jɐ/, [ɕuːj̃.jɐ]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɕuːn̪.jɐ/

### Noun

शून्य • (śūnyá) stem, n
* zero
* (mathematics) cipher, cypher

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Adjective

शून्य • (śūnya)
* blank, deserted
* empty, void
* destitute of

#### Descendants

* → Assamese: সূঞ (xuñ)
* → Dhivehi: ސުން (sun̊)
* Pali: suñña
** → Lao: ສູນ (sūn, “zero”)
** → Burmese: သုည (su.nya., “zero”)
*** → Shan: သုင်ႇၺႃႉ (sùng nyâ̰a, “zero”)
** → Mon: သုည (“zero”)
** → Thai: สูญ (sǔun, “zero; empty, to disappear”)
*** → Shan: သူၼ် (sǔun, “zero”)
** → Lü: ᦉᦳᧃ (ṡun, “zero; to disappear”)
* → Punjabi: ਸੁੰਨ (sunn)
* → Bengali: শূন্য (śunno)
* → Gujarati: શૂન્ય (śūnya)
* → Hindi: शून्य (śūnya)
* → Nepali: शून्य (śūnya)
* → Odia: ଶୁନ୍ୟ (śunya)
* → Sinhalese: ශුන්යය (śunyaya)
* → Arabic: صِفْر (ṣifr) (semantic loan) (see there for further descendants)
* → Lao: ສູນ (sūn)
* → Old Kannada: ಸುನ್ನ (sunna)
** Kannada: ಸೊನ್ನೆ (sonne)
* → Old Khmer: ឝូន្យ (śūnya)
** Khmer: សូន្យ (sōn)
** → Thai: ศูนย์ (sǔun)
*** → Shan: သူၼ် (sǔun)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘫𑘳𑘡𑘿𑘧 (śunya)
** Marathi: शून्य (śūnya)
* → Tamil: சூனியம் (cūṉiyam)
* →⇒ Telugu: శూన్యము (śūnyamu)

### References

* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “[śūcī- - śū́ra-]”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 650