शङ्कते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শঙ্কতে (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬗ᭄ᬓᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
• শঙ্কতে (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• ၐင်္ကတေ (Burmese script)
• શઙ્કતે (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਙ੍ਕਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦔ꧀ꦏꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಙ್ಕತೇ (Kannada script)
• ឝង្កតេ (Khmer script)
• ຨງ຺ກເຕ (Lao script)
• ശങ്കതേ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᢛᡬᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢊᢉᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑦲𑧠𑦮𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
• ଶଙ୍କତେ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢖ꣄ꢒꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
• ශඞ‍්කතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
• ஶங்கதே (Tamil script)
• శఙ్కతే (Telugu script)
• ศงฺกเต (Thai script)
• ཤ་ངྐ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śánkatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćánkatay, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to waver, be in suspense”). Cognate with Latin cunctor (“to delay, stall, hold up”), Old English hangian (whence English hang).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́ŋ.kɐ.tɐj/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐŋ.kɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

शङ्कते • (śáṅkate) third-singular present indicative (root शङ्क्, class 1, type A)

1. to doubt, to be unsure or uncertain
2. to suppose, assume, think probable
3. to hesitate
4. to suspect

Conjugation

Present: शङ्कते (śáṅkate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	शङ्कते śáṅkate	शङ्केते śáṅkete	शङ्कन्ते śáṅkante
Second	- -	- -	- -	शङ्कसे śáṅkase	शङ्केथे śáṅkethe	शङ्कध्वे śáṅkadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	शङ्के śáṅke	शङ्कावहे śáṅkāvahe	शङ्कामहे śáṅkāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	शङ्कताम् śáṅkatām	शङ्केताम् śáṅketām	शङ्कन्ताम् śáṅkantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	शङ्कस्व śáṅkasva	शङ्केथाम् śáṅkethām	शङ्कध्वम् śáṅkadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	शङ्कै śáṅkai	शङ्कावहै śáṅkāvahai	शङ्कामहै śáṅkāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	शङ्केत śáṅketa	शङ्केयाताम् śáṅkeyātām	शङ्केरन् śáṅkeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	शङ्केथाः śáṅkethāḥ	शङ्केयाथाम् śáṅkeyāthām	शङ्केध्वम् śáṅkedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	शङ्केय śáṅkeya	शङ्केवहि śáṅkevahi	शङ्केमहि śáṅkemahi
Participles
	- -			शङ्कमान śáṅkamāna

Imperfect: अशङ्कत (áśaṅkata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अशङ्कत áśaṅkata	अशङ्केताम् áśaṅketām	अशङ्कन्त áśaṅkanta
Second	- -	- -	- -	अशङ्कथाः áśaṅkathāḥ	अशङ्केथाम् áśaṅkethām	अशङ्कध्वम् áśaṅkadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अशङ्के áśaṅke	अशङ्कावहि áśaṅkāvahi	अशङ्कामहि áśaṅkāmahi