Sun
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sun"
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunna, sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wén-, oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun; the Sun”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Old Dutch sunna, German Low German Sünn, Old Saxon sunna, German Sonne, Old High German sunna, Faroese sunna, Icelandic sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō). More at sun.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /sʌn/
- Rhymes: -ʌn
- Homophones: son, sun
Proper noun
the Sun
- The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☉.
- The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- (newspapers) An English tabloid newspaper.
Synonyms
Translations
star
- Abkhaz: Амра (Amra)
- Afrikaans: Son
- Akkadian: 𒌓 m (šamšu)
- Albanian: Dielli m (definite), diell (sq) m
- Altai:
- Southern Altai: Кӱн (Kün)
- Amharic: ፀሐይ (ṣ́äḥäy)
- Arabic: اَلشَّمْس f (aš-šams) (definite), شَمْس (ar) f (šams)
- Aramaic:
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܸܡܫܵܐ (šimša)
- Classical Syriac: ܫܡܫܐ c (/šemšā/)
- Armenian: Արեգակ (hy) (Aregak)
- Aromanian: soari m
- Asturian: sol (ast) m, Sol (ast) m
- Avar: Бакъ (Baqxʼ)
- Aymara: Willka, Inti
- Azerbaijani: Günəş (az)
- Bactrian: μιρο (miro)
- Bashkir: Ҡояш (Qoyaş), ҡояш (qoyaş)
- Belarusian: Со́нца n (Sónca)
- Bengali: সূর্য (bn) (śurjo)
- Breton: Heol m
- Bulgarian: Слъ́нце n (Slǎ́nce)
- Burmese: နေ (my) (ne)
- Carpathian Rusyn: Со́нце n (Sónce)
- Catalan: Sol (ca) m
- Chechen: Малх (Malx)
- Cherokee: ᏅᏓᎡᎨᎯ (nvdaegehi)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 太陽 / 太阳 (taai3 joeng4)
- Dungan: Жәту (Řətu), Әрту (Ərtu), Тэён (Tei͡on), Эрту (Ertu) (Shaanxi)
- Hakka: 日頭 / 日头 (ngit-thèu)
- Hokkien: 日頭 / 日头 (zh-min-nan) (ji̍t-thâu, li̍t-thâu), 太陽 / 太阳 (zh-min-nan) (thài-iâng)
- Mandarin: 太陽 / 太阳 (zh) (tàiyáng)
- Chukchi: Тиркытир (Tirkytir)
- Chuvash: Хӗвел (Hĕvel)
- Cree:
- Northern East Cree: ᒌᔑᑳᓂᐲᓯᒻ (ciishikaanipiisim), ᐲᓯᒻ (piisim)
- Czech: Slunce (cs) n
- Danish: Solen (da)
- Dhivehi: އިރު (dv) (iru)
- Dolgan: Күн (Kün)
- Dutch: zon (nl) f, (astronomy) Zon (nl) f
- Dzongkha: ཉི་མ་ (nyi ma)
- Erzya: Чи (Či)
- Esperanto: suno (eo)
- Estonian: päike (et), Päike
- Even: Нӫ̄лтэн (Ņȫltən)
- Evenki: Дылача̄ (Dilaçā), Сигӯн (Sigūn) (dialectal)
- Faroese: Sólin
- Fijian: Matanasiga
- Finnish: Aurinko (fi)
- French: Soleil (fr) m
- Galician: sol (gl) m
- Gamilaraay: yaraay
- Georgian: მზე (ka) (mze)
- German: Sonne (de) f
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 f (sunnō), 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 n (sauil)
- Greek: Ήλιος (el) m (Ílios)
- Ancient Greek: ἀγαθό δαίμων m (agathó daímōn), Φᾰέθων m (Phăéthōn)
- Greenlandic: Seqineq
- Guarani:
- Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify) Kuarahy (gn)
- Gujarati: સૂર્ય (gu) (sūrya)
- Haitian Creole: Solèy
- Hawaiian: Lā
- Hebrew: שֶׁמֶשׁ (he) f (shémesh), חַמָּה (he) f (khamá)
- Hindi: सूर्य (hi) m (sūrya), सूरज (hi) m (sūraj), रवि (hi) m (ravi), दिनकर (hi) m (dinkar), भानु (hi) m (bhānu), आदित्य (hi) m (āditya), भास्कर (hi) m (bhāskar), दिनेश (hi) m (dineś)
- Hittite: 𒀭𒌓𒇷𒄿𒀀 (DUTU-li-ya)
- Hungarian: nap (hu), Nap (hu)
- Icelandic: sól (is), Sól (is) f
- Ido: suno (io)
- Indonesian: Matahari (id), matahari (id)
- Ingrian: päivyt, päivä (obsolete or folk poetic), päiväin (dialectal), aurinko (dialectal, rare)
- Ingush: Малх (Malx)
- Irish: grian (ga), An Ghrian
- Isoko: uvo, ọrị
- Istro-Romanian: sore m
- Italian: sole (it) m
- Jamaican Creole: Son
- Japanese: 太陽 (ja) (たいよう, taiyō)
- Javanese: Srengéngé
- Kalmyk: Нарн (Narn)
- Kannada: ಸೂರ್ಯ (kn) (sūrya), ನೇಸರು (kn) (nēsaru), ರವಿ (kn) (ravi)
- Kapampangan: Aldo
- Karelian: Päiväine, Päivy
- Kashubian: Słuńce n
- Kazakh: Күн (kk) (Kün)
- Khakas: Кӱн (Kün)
- Khmer: ព្រះអាទិត្យ (km) (prĕəh ʼaatɨt)
- Komi:
- Komi-Zyrian: Шонді (Šondi)
- Korean: 해 (ko) (hae), 일 (ko) (il), 태양(太陽) (ko) (taeyang)
- Kyrgyz: Күн (Kün)
- Lakota: apawi
- Lao: ຕາເວັນ (lo) (tā wen)
- Latin: sōl (la)
- Latvian: Saule (lv)
- Laz: მჟორა (mjora)
- Lezgi: Рагъ (Raġ)
- Lingala: Mói
- Lithuanian: saulė (lt) f
- Low German:
- German Low German: Sünn (nds) f
- Lü: ᦎᦱᦞᧃ (ṫaavan)
- Macedonian: Сонце n (Sonce)
- Malagasy: Masoandro (mg)
- Malay: Matahari (ms), matahari (ms)
- Malayalam: ഞായർ (ml) (ñāyaṟ), സൂര്യൻ (ml) (sūryaṉ)
- Maltese: Xemx m, xemx (mt) m
- Manchu: ᡧᡠᠨ (šun)
- Māori: Rā
- Marathi: सूर्य m (sūrya), आदित्य m (āditya), दिनकर (dinkar), मित्र (mitra), रवी (mr) (ravī)
- Mbukushu: diyuwa class 5
- Megleno-Romanian: soari m
- Mingrelian: ბჟა (bža)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: Нар (mn) (Nar)
- Mongolian script: ᠨᠠᠷᠠ (nara)
- Nandi: asis
- Navajo: jóhonaaʼéí
- Nepali: सूर्य (sūrya)
- Ngarrindjeri: Nungge
- Nheengatu: kurasí
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Sol m or f, Solen m or f (definite)
- Nynorsk: Sol f, Sola f (definite)
- Nuosu: ꉘꁮ (hxo bbu)
- Occitan:
- Old Occitan: sol, solelh m
- Odia: ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ (surjya)
- Ogun: OHWÉ (whé) Hwé
- Ojibwe: giizis
- Old English: sunne
- Old Tupi: kûarasy
- Ossetian: Хур (Xur)
- Pannonian Rusyn: Слунко n (Slunko)
- Pashto: لمر (ps) m (lmër), نور (ps) m (nwër), نمر (ps) m (nmër)
- Persian:
- Dari: خُورْشِید (xūršīd), خُورْشید (xūršēd), خُور (xūr), شَمْس (šams)
- Iranian Persian: خورْشید (xoršid), خور (fa) (xor), شَمْس (šams)
- Polish: słońce (pl) n
- Portuguese: Sol (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਸੂਰਜ (pa) (sūraj)
- Purepecha: jurhiata, jurhíata
- Quechua: Inti
- Romanian: soare (ro) m
- Russian: Со́лнце (ru) n (Sólnce)
- Sanskrit: रवि (sa) (ravi), सूर्य (sa) (sūrya), दिनकर (sa) (dinakara)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Су̑нце n
- Latin: Sȗnce (sh) n
- Shona: Zuva
- Shor: Кӱн (Kün)
- Silesian: Słůńce n
- Sinhalese: හිරු (si) (hiru), ඉර (si) (ira)
- Slovak: Slnko n
- Slovene: sonce (sl) n, Sonce (sl) n
- Somali: Qorrax, Cadceed
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: Słyńco n
- Upper Sorbian: Słónco n
- Spanish: sol (es) m, Sol (es) m
- Sumerian: 𒌓 (ud)
- Sundanese: panonpoe
- Svan: მიჟ (miž)
- Swahili: Jua
- Swedish: solen (sv) c
- Tagalog: Araw, Adlaw
- Tajik: Офтоб (tg) (Oftob), Хуршед (Xuršed), офтоб (tg) (oftob)
- Tamil: ஞாயிறு (ta) (ñāyiṟu), சூரியன் (ta) (cūriyaṉ), கதிரவன் (ta) (katiravaṉ), பகலவன் (ta) (pakalavaṉ), ஆதவன் (ta) (ātavaṉ), வெய்யோன் (ta) (veyyōṉ)
- Tarifit: tfuct f, tfuyt f
- Tatar: Кояш (tt) (Qoyaş), кояш (tt) (qoyaş)
- Telugu: సూర్యుడు (te) (sūryuḍu), నెసరు (nesaru), పొద్దు (te) (poddu)
- Teribe: dlo
- Thai: ดวงอาทิตย์ (th) (duuang-aa-tít)
- Tibetan: ཉི་མ (nyi ma)
- Tofa: Һүн (Hün), Күн (Kün)
- Tok Pisin: San
- Tongan: Laʻā
- Tswana: Letsatsi
- Tumbuka: Zuba, Zuŵa, Dazi
- Turkish: Güneş (tr)
- Turkmen: Güneş, Gün
- Tuvan: Хүн (Xün)
- Tzotzil: kʼakʼal
- Ukrainian: Со́нце (uk) n (Sónce)
- Urdu: سُورَج (ur) m (sūraj), خورْشِید m (xurśīd), رَوی m (ravī), سُورْیَہ m (sūrya), شَمْس (ur) m (śams)
- Urhobo: uvo, ọren
- Uyghur: قۇياش (ug) (quyash), كۈن (ug) (kün)
- Uzbek: Quyosh, Oftob
- Venetan: Sołe m
- Veps: Päiväine
- Vietnamese: Mặt Trời (vi)
- Volapük: sol (vo)
- Welsh: Haul (cy)
- Wolof: Jant
- Written Oirat: ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ (naran)
- Yakut: Күн (Kün)
- Yiddish: זון f (zun), החמה f (hakhome)
- Yoruba: Òòrùn
- Zhuang: da'ngoenz, gyangngoenz, gyangjngoenz, havaenz
- Zulu: Ilanga class 5/6
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- Arabic: ذَا صَن f (ḏā ṣan)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 太陽報 / 太阳报 (Tàiyángbào)
- Japanese: ザ・サン (Za-San)
- Russian: Сан (ru) m or f (San)
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See also
Etymology 2
Noun
Sun (plural Suns)
- Abbreviation of Sunday.
Coordinate terms
Translations
Etymology 3
From Mandarin 孫／孙 (Sūn), Wade-Giles romanization: Sun¹.
Proper noun
Sun (plural Suns)
- A surname.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā. Cognates include German Sonne and Luxembourgish Sonn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsun/
- Hyphenation: Sun
Noun
Sun f
- sun
2017, “Spür die Sun [Feel the sun]”, performed by Granada:Spür die Sun, die Sun.- Feel the sun, the sun.
References
- Maria Hornung; Sigmar Grüner (2002), “Sun”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
- Petr Šubrt (2010), Wiener dialekt (master thesis), Masaryk University, page 24
Indonesian
Etymology
From Hakka 孫／孙 (sūn).
Proper noun
Sun
- a surname from Hakka
Tagalog
Etymology
From Hokkien 孫 / 孙 (Sun) and Mandarin 孫 / 孙 (Sūn).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈsun/ [ˈsʊn̪]
- IPA(key): /sʌn/ [sʌn̪] (English influence)
- Syllabification: Sun
Proper noun
Sun (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)
- a Chinese surname from Mandarin
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish صنع (sun'), from Arabic صُنْع (ṣunʕ).
Proper noun
Sun
- a male given name
- a female given name
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