सूना سُونا ♣ Eng. cave, church

सूना سُونا ♣ Eng. cave, church

[sūnā], adj. desolate, void, lonely.

[◀MIA: Pk. suṇṇa- ʻemptyʼ, n. ʻempty placeʼ; Pa. suñña- ʻemptyʼ, n. ʻemptinessʼ ◀OIA śūnyá- ʻemptyʼ ŚBr. <śūná- ʻswollen, grownʼ Suśr., m. nom. prop. MBh., śū́na- n. ʻemptinessʼ RV. <√śvi ‘swell’ ◀PIE *k̂eu-, k̂eu̯ǝ- : k̂ū-, k̂u̯ā- ‘to swell; vault, hole’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. cave, cavity, church ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0701; (Turner, 1966) 12567, 12565, p.740; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 717; (MW, 1899) 1085, 1106; (Pokorny, 1959) 0592; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.650, 2.623