हूण

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

हून (hūna)

Alternative scripts

হূণ (Assamese script)
ᬳᬹᬡ (Balinese script)
হূণ (Bengali script)
𑰮𑰳𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀳𑀽𑀡 (Brahmi script)
ဟူဏ (Burmese script)
હૂણ (Gujarati script)
ਹੂਣ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌹𑍂𑌣 (Grantha script)
ꦲꦹꦟ (Javanese script)
𑂯𑂴𑂝 (Kaithi script)
ಹೂಣ (Kannada script)
ហូណ (Khmer script)
ຫູຓ (Lao script)
ഹൂണ (Malayalam script)
ᡥᡠᡠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘮𑘴𑘜 (Modi script)
ᠾᠤᠤᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧎𑧕𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
𑐴𑐹𑐞 (Newa script)
ହୂଣ (Odia script)
ꢲꢹꢠ (Saurashtra script)
𑆲𑆷𑆟 (Sharada script)
𑖮𑖳𑖜 (Siddham script)
හූණ (Sinhalese script)
𑪂𑩒𑩛𑩪 (Soyombo script)
𑚩𑚱𑚘 (Takri script)
ஹூண (Tamil script)
హూణ (Telugu script)
หูณ (Thai script)
ཧཱུ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
𑒯𑒴𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
𑨱𑨃𑨊𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of Central Asian origin. Pulleyblank (2000) proposes that हूण (hūṇa) shares the same underlying source as English Huns, Late Latin Hunni, Koine Greek Οὗννοι (Hoûnnoi), Sogdian [script needed] (xwn), and Old Chinese 匈奴 (*qʰoŋ naː) (318 CE), the last of which, according to Schuessler (2014), possibly transcribed foreign *Hǒna ~ *Hǔna.^[1]^[2] For more see Huna people and Xiongnu.

While the name of the Hunas apparently derived from the same source as Hun, the two groups were not necessarily synonymous and their exact relationship is unclear.^[3]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦuː.ɳɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦuː.ɳɐ/

Proper noun

हूण • (hūṇa) stem, m

the name of a barbarous people, the Huna people: a Central Asian (likely Turkic-Mongolic) tribe that invaded the Gupta Empire

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हूण (hūṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हूणः hūṇaḥ	हूणौ / हूणा¹ hūṇau / hūṇā¹	हूणाः / हूणासः¹ hūṇāḥ / hūṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative	हूण hūṇa	हूणौ / हूणा¹ hūṇau / hūṇā¹	हूणाः / हूणासः¹ hūṇāḥ / hūṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative	हूणम् hūṇam	हूणौ / हूणा¹ hūṇau / hūṇā¹	हूणान् hūṇān
Instrumental	हूणेन hūṇena	हूणाभ्याम् hūṇābhyām	हूणैः / हूणेभिः¹ hūṇaiḥ / hūṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	हूणाय hūṇāya	हूणाभ्याम् hūṇābhyām	हूणेभ्यः hūṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	हूणात् hūṇāt	हूणाभ्याम् hūṇābhyām	हूणेभ्यः hūṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	हूणस्य hūṇasya	हूणयोः hūṇayoḥ	हूणानाम् hūṇānām
Locative	हूणे hūṇe	हूणयोः hūṇayoḥ	हूणेषु hūṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀳𑀽𑀡 (hūṇa)
→ Bengali: হূণ (hun)

References

^ Pulleyblank, Edwin (2000), “Ji and Jiang: The Role of Exogamic Clans in the Organization of the Zhou Polity”, in Early China, volume 25, Society for the Study of Early China, page 17 of pages 1-27
^ Schuessler, Axel (2014). "Phonological Notes on Hàn Period Transcriptions of Foreign Names and Words" in Studies in Chinese and Sino-Tibetan Linguistics: Dialect, Phonology, Transcription and Text. Series: Language and Linguistics Monograph Series. 53 Ed. VanNess Simmons, Richard & Van Auken, Newell Ann. Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. p. 257, 264 of 249-292
^ Haywood, John (2002). Historical Atlas of the Classical World 500BC-600AD. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. p. 2.23.

[1] Pulleyblank, Edwin (2000), “Ji and Jiang: The Role of Exogamic Clans in the Organization of the Zhou Polity”, in Early China, volume 25, Society for the Study of Early China, page 17 of pages 1-27

[2] Schuessler, Axel (2014). "Phonological Notes on Hàn Period Transcriptions of Foreign Names and Words" in Studies in Chinese and Sino-Tibetan Linguistics: Dialect, Phonology, Transcription and Text. Series: Language and Linguistics Monograph Series. 53 Ed. VanNess Simmons, Richard & Van Auken, Newell Ann. Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. p. 257, 264 of 249-292

[3] Haywood, John (2002). Historical Atlas of the Classical World 500BC-600AD. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. p. 2.23.

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