Sanskrit

Noun

शुक • ‎(śúka) m

1. parrot (RV.)
2. name of a poet (Rājat.)
3. a species of acacia (L.)
4. Ziziphus scandens (L.)
5. name of a son of Vyasa (MBh., Pur.)
6. name of a warrior (MBh.)
7. name of an asura (Hariv.)
8. name of a king of the Gandharvas (R.)
9. name of a minister of Rāvaṇa (R.)
10. name of a Brahman ascetic (Buddh.)

Declension

Descendants

• Telugu: శుకము ‎(śukamu)

Noun

शुक • ‎(śúka) n

1. (botany) name of various plants (L.)
2. name of a particular drug or perfume, a gall also called granthiparam or ganthiala (L.)
3. hem of a garment (L.)
4. cloth, clothes (L.)
5. helmet, turban (L.)
6. name of a mythical weapon (MBh.)

Declension

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1079