षू ṣū
girl / boy 1 syllable SLP1 zU

As a Hindi name

No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

or ṣū, (fr. √ 4. su) child-bearing, parturition, delivery, (w.r. for sū).

Verified derivation

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "ṣū" is the nominative dual of "ṣu" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

Gender counterpart

The kosha attests this stem in the feminine and the masculine — the same name serves without alteration.

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · षू

ṣu, m. or ṣū, f. (fr. √ 4. su) child-bearing, parturition, delivery, L. (w.r. for sū).

Wilson (1832) · षू

ṣū (ṅa) ṣūṅ r. 2nd cl. (sūte) r. 4th cl. (sūyate) 1 To bear a child, to bring forth. 2 To produce in general. r. 6th cl. (suvati) To direct, to send, to throw or cast.

Wilson (1832) · षू

ṣū f. (-ṣūḥ) Birth, delivery, child-bearing. E. ṣū to bring forth, aff. kvip, and the consonant unchanged.

Monier-Williams (1899) · षु (linked stem)

ṣu, m. or ṣū, f. (fr. √ 4. su) child-bearing, parturition, delivery, L. (w.r. for sū).

Wilson (1832) · षु (linked stem)

ṣu r. 2nd cl. (sauti) 1 To bear, to bring forth. 2 To possess power or supremacy. (ña) ṣuñ r. 5th cl. (sunoti sunute) 1 To bathe, preparatory to a sacrifice. 2 To distil, to extract a spirit. 3 To churn, to stir or agitate. 4 To pain. With abhi, 1 To sprinkle. 2 To bathe. With pra, To bear or bring forth.

Caveats

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