As a Hindi name
सूना · adj
[वि॰ स्त्री॰ सूनी] जिसमें या जिसपर कोई न हो । जनहीन । निर्जन । सुनसान । खाली । जैसे— सूना घर, सूना रास्ता, सूना सिंहासन — Śabdasāgara
सूना · noun · masculine
एकांत । निर्जन स्थान — Śabdasāgara
सूना · sūnā · adj.
Void, empty, &c. ( = sūn, or sun, q.v.); hollow; deserted, desolate; ruined — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 701
सूना · sūnā · s.m.
(f. -ī), A dog — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 701
सूना
empty, desolate, lonely
Cited formation "सूना" is सू + -ना: सू means "उत्पन्न करने या पैदा करनेवाला । (समासांत में प्रयुक्त) । जैसे, बीरसू", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "सूना" is सूना + -ना: सूना means "empty, desolate, lonely", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "सूना" is सून + -आ: सून means "Void of", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit शून्य — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (suṇṇa), from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “empty”). Compare Punjabi ਸੁੰਨ (sunn), Nepali सुन् (sun), Gujarati સૂનું (sūnũ), Marathi सुना (sunā). Doublet of शून्य (śūnya, “zero”), a tatsama.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
śūnya mf(ā)n. empty, void (with vājin = ‘a riderless horse’; with rājya = ‘a kingless kingdom’), hollow, barren, desolate, deserted, Br. &c. &c.
empty i.e. vacant (as a look or stare), absent, absentminded, having no certain object or aim, distracted, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a place for slaughtering animals, slaughter-house, butchery (wrongly śūnā; cf. sūdanā), &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sūnā" is the feminine form of "sūna" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
sūnā (ā), f. a daughter, L. (for other meanings See sūnā, p. 1242, col. 3)
sūnā f. (prob. fr. √ siv, ‘to sew’, and connected with sūci and sūtra; cf. sūna, p. 1240, col. 1) a woven wicker-work basket or vessel of any kind, RV.; AV.; GṛŚrS.
a place for slaughtering animals, slaughter-house, butchery (wrongly śūnā; cf. sūdanā), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
the sale of flesh or meat, MW.
any place or utensil in a house where animals are liable to be accidentally destroyed (see pañca-sūnā)
sūna mfn. born, produced &c., Pāṇ. viii, 2, 45, Sch.
blown, budded (as a flower), W.
Alternative readings
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