As a Hindi name
सूक · noun · masculine
तीर । वाण · वायु । हवा · कमल — Śabdasāgara
सूक · noun
शुक्र नक्षत्र । शुक्र तारा — Śabdasāgara
सूक · sūk · s.m.
The planet Venus; Friday ( = suk, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 699
सूक · sūk · s.m.
corr. of sukh, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 699
सूक · masculine
synonym of शुक्र (śukra, “the planet Venus”)
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit शुक्र — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćukrás Proto-Indo-Aryan *śukrás Sanskrit शुक्र (śukra) Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (sukka) Hindi सूक Inherited from Old Hindi सूक (sūka), from Prakrit सुक्क (sukka, “planet Venus”), from Sanskrit शुक्र (śuk…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
śukra mf(ā)n. (fr. √ 1. śuc cf. śukla) bright, resplendent, RV.; AV.; VS.; Br.; MBh.
clear, pure, RV.; AV.; VS.; ŚBr.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an arrow
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M3 · meaning shifts "sūka" is derived from "sū" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. sū (not separable in all forms fr. √ 2. sū; cf. 1. su-ṣū, asu-sū, and √ 4. su) cl. 6. P. (Dhātup. xxviii, 115) suvati (in Br. also ˚te, and accord. to Dhātup. xxii, 43 and xxiv, 32 also savati and -sauti; pf. suṣuve, AV.; p. suṣuvāṇa, q.v.; aor. asāvīt, sāviṣat, RV. : Pass. sūyate, Br. &c.), to set in motion, urge, impel, vivify, create, produce, RV. &c. &c.; to hurl upon, Bhaṭṭ.; to grant, bestow (esp. said of Savitṛ), RV.; to appoint or consecrate to (Ā. ‘to let one's self be consecrated’), AV.; TS.; to allow, authorize, ŚBr. : Intens. soṣavīti, to urge or impel violently (said of Savitṛ), RV.
2. sū (cf. 1. sū and √ 5. su) cl. 2. Ā. (Dhātup. xxiv, 21) sūte (1. sg. pr. suve, 3. sg. impf. asūta; in later language also sūyate [xxvi, 31] and in comp. with pra also -savati and -sauti [cf. xxiv, 31]; pf. sasūva, RV.; suṣuve, AV. &c.; susāva, MBh. &c.; aor. asuṣot, MaitrS.; ˚ṣavuḥ, TBr.; asoṣṭa, ChUp.; asauṣīt and asaviṣṭa Gr.; fut. sotā, savitā, ib.; soṣyati, ˚te, Br. &c.; saviṣyati, ˚te, MBh. &c.; p. f. sūṣyantī, RV.; soṣyantī [s.v.] ŚBr. ; inf. sūtave, RV.; sūtavai, AV.; savitave, ib.; sotum or savitum Gr.; ind.p. sūtvā, Br.; -sūya, MBh. &c.; -sutya, ŚBr.), to beget, procreate, bring forth, bear, produce, yield, RV. &c. &c.: Pass. sūyate (aor. asāvi), to be begotten or brought forth, MBh.; Kāv. &c.: Caus. sāvayati Gr.: Desid. susūṣati, ib.
sūka m. (cf. sṛka) an arrow, L.
air, wind, L.
Dictionary citations
sūka m. (cf. sṛka) an arrow, L.
air, wind, L.
a lotus, L.
sūka m. N. of a son of Hrada (v.l. mūka), Hariv.
sūka m. (-kaḥ) 1 Air, wind. 2 An arrow. 3 A lotus. E. ṣū to bring forth, kvip affix, and kan added.
1. sū (not separable in all forms fr. √ 2. sū; cf. 1. su-ṣū, asu-sū, and √ 4. su) cl. 6. P. (Dhātup. xxviii, 115) suvati (in Br. also ˚te, and accord. to Dhātup. xxii, 43 and xxiv, 32 also savati and -sauti; pf. suṣuve, AV.; p. suṣuvāṇa, q.v.; aor. asāvīt, sāviṣat, RV. : Pass. sūyate, Br. &c.), to set in motion, urge, impel, vivify, create, produce, RV. &c. &c.; to hurl upon, Bhaṭṭ.; to grant, bestow (esp. said of Savitṛ), RV.; to appoint or consecrate to (Ā. ‘to let one's self be consecrated’), AV.; TS.; to allow, authorize, ŚBr. : Intens. soṣavīti, to urge or impel violently (said of Savitṛ), RV.
2. sū (cf. 1. sū and √ 5. su) cl. 2. Ā. (Dhātup. xxiv, 21) sūte (1. sg. pr. suve, 3. sg. impf. asūta; in later language also sūyate [xxvi, 31] and in comp. with pra also -savati and -sauti [cf. xxiv, 31]; pf. sasūva, RV.; suṣuve, AV. &c.; susāva, MBh. &c.; aor. asuṣot, MaitrS.; ˚ṣavuḥ, TBr.; asoṣṭa, ChUp.; asauṣīt and asaviṣṭa Gr.; fut. sotā, savitā, ib.; soṣyati, ˚te, Br. &c.; saviṣyati, ˚te, MBh. &c.; p. f. sūṣyantī, RV.; soṣyantī [s.v.] ŚBr. ; inf. sūtave, RV.; sūtavai, AV.; savitave, ib.; sotum or savitum Gr.; ind.p. sūtvā, Br.; -sūya, MBh. &c.; -sutya, ŚBr.), to beget, procreate, bring forth, bear, produce, yield, RV. &c. &c.: Pass. sūyate (aor. asāvi), to be begotten or brought forth, MBh.; Kāv. &c.: Caus. sāvayati Gr.: Desid. susūṣati, ib.
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