Sun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sun"

English

The Sun (1)

The Sun's astronomical symbol

Etymology

From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén (“sun; the Sun”), oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Low German Sünn, German Sonne, Faroese sunna, Icelandic sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō). More at sun.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /sʌn/
Audio (US) (file)

Proper noun

the Sun

The star at the center of the Solar System, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☉.
The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
(newspapers) An English tabloid newspaper.

Related terms

Translations

star

Abkhaz: Амра (Āmrā)
Afrikaans: Son
Akkadian: 𒌓 m (šamšu)
Albanian: Dielli m (definite), diell (sq) m
Amharic: ፀሐይ (ṣ́äḥäy)
Arabic: اَلشَّمْس‎ f (aš-šams) (definite), شَمْس‎ (ar) f (šams)
Armenian: Արեգակ (hy) (Aregak)
Asturian: sol (ast) m, sol (ast) m
Avar: Бакъ (Baq̇̄)
Azerbaijani: Günəş (az)
Bashkir: Ҡояш (Qoyaš), ҡояш (qoyaš)
Belarusian: Со́нца n (Sónca)
Bengali: সূর্য (surjô)
Breton: Heol m
Bulgarian: Слъ̀нце n (Slǎ̀nce)
Burmese: နေ (my) (ne)
Catalan: Sol (ca) m
Chechen: Малх (Malχ)
Cherokee: ᏅᏓᎡᎨᎯ (nvdaegehi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 太陽, 太阳 (taai³ joeng⁴)

Hakka: 日頭, 日头 (ngit-thèu)

Mandarin: 太陽 (zh), 太阳 (zh) (tàiyáng)

Min Nan: 日頭 (zh-min-nan), 日头 (ji̍t-thâu, li̍t-thâu), 太陽 (zh-min-nan), 太阳 (thài-iâng)
Chukchi: Тиркытир (Tirkytir)
Chuvash: Хӗвел (Hĕvel)
Czech: Slunce (cs) n
Danish: Solen (da)
Dhivehi: އިރު‎ (dv) (iru)
Dutch: Zon (nl) c
Erzya: Чи (Či)
Esperanto: suno (eo)
Estonian: päike (et), Päike (et)
Faroese: Sólin
Finnish: Aurinko (fi)
French: Soleil (fr) m
Galician: sol (gl) m
Gamilaraay: yaraay
Georgian: მზე (mze)
German: Sonne (de) f
Greek: Ήλιος (el) m (Ílios)
Ancient: ἀγαθό δαίμων m (agathó daímōn), Φᾰέθων m (Phaéthōn)
Gujarati: સૂર્ય (gu) (sūrya)
Hebrew: שֶׁמֶשׁ‎ (he) (shémesh), חַמָּה‎ (he) (khamá)
Hindi: सूर्य (hi) m (sūrya), ख़्वुरशेद m (xvurśed), सूरज (hi) m (sūraj)
Hungarian: nap (hu), Nap (hu)
Icelandic: sól (is), Sól (is) f
Ido: suno (io)
Indonesian: Matahari (id), matahari (id)
Sundanese: panonpoe
Irish: Grian, An Ghrian
Italian: sole (it) m
Japanese: 太陽 (ja) (たいよう, taiyō)
Kannada: ಸೂರ್ಯ (kn) (sūrya)
Kapampangan: Aldo
Kazakh: Күн (kk) (Kün)
Khmer: ព្រះអាទិត្យ (km) (preah aatɨt)
Komi-Zyrian: Шонді (Šondï)
Korean: 해 (ko) (hae), 일 (ko) (il), 태양 (ko) (taeyang), (太陽 (ko))
Kyrgyz: Күн (Kün)
Lakota: apawi
Lao: ຕາເວັນ (lo) (tā wen)
Latvian: Saule

Laz: მჟორა (mžora)
Lezgi: Рагъ (Raġ)
Lithuanian: saulė (lt) f
Low German:
German Low German: Sünn (nds) f
Macedonian: Со́нце n (Sónce)
Malay: Matahari (ms), matahari (ms)
Maltese: Xemx m, xemx (mt) m
Marathi: सूर्य m (sūrya)
Mingrelian: ბჟა (bža)
Mongolian: Нар (Nar)
Navajo: jóhonaaʼéí
Nepali: सूर्य (sūrya)
Ngarrindjeri: Nungge
Northern East Cree: ᒌᔑᑳᓂᐲᓯᒻ (ciishikaanipiisim), ᐲᓯᒻ (piisim)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Sol m or f, Solen m or f (definite)

Nynorsk: Sola
Ojibwe: giizis
Old English: Sunne
Old Occitan: sol, solelh m
Ossetian: Хур (Xur)
Pashto: لمر‎ (ps) m (lmër), نور‎ (ps) m (nwër), نمر‎ (ps) m (Nmër)
Persian: خورشید‎ (fa) (xoršid)
Polish: słońce (pl) n
Portuguese: sol (pt) m
Purepecha: jurhiata, jurhíata
Romanian: soare (ro) m
Russian: Со́лнце (ru) n (Sólnce) (л is silent)
Sanskrit: रवि (sa) (ravi), सूर्य (sa) (sūrya), दिनकर (sa) (dinakara)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Сунце n

Roman: Sunce (sh) n
Sichuan Yi: ꉘꁮ (hxo bbu)
Sinhalese: හිරු (hiru), ඉර (si) (ira)
Slovak: Slnko n
Slovene: sonce (sl) n, Sonce (sl) n
Southern Altai: Кӱн (Kün)
Spanish: sol (es) m, Sol (es) m
Sumerian: 𒌓 (ud)
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)
Tatar: Кояш (tt) (Qoyaş), кояш (tt) (qoyaş)
Telugu: సూర్యుడు (te) (sūryuḍu)
Thai: ดวงอาทิตย์ (th) (duuang-aa-tít)
Tibetan: ཉི་མ (nyi ma)
Turkish: Güneş (tr)
Turkmen: Güneş, Gün
Tzotzil: kʼakʼal
Ukrainian: Со́нце (uk) n (Sónce)
Urdu: سوریہ‎ m (sūrya), خورشید‎ m (xuršed), سورج‎ (ur) m (sūraj)
Uyghur: قۇياش‎ (ug) (quyash), كۈن‎ (ug) (kün)
Uzbek: Quyosh, Oftob
Veps: Päiväine
Vietnamese: Mặt Trời (vi), Thái Dương (vi) (太陽)
Volapük: sol (vo)
Welsh: Haul (cy)
Written Oirat: ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ (Naran)
Yiddish: זון‎ f (zun), החמה‎ f (hakhome)
Zhuang: da'ngoenz, gyangngoenz, gyangjngoenz, havaenz

91st sura of the Qur'an

Arabic: سورة الشمس‎

newspaper

Arabic: ذَا صَن‎ f (ḏā ṣan)
Japanese: ザ・サン (za-San)

Russian: Сан (ru) m or f (San)

Noun

Sun

Abbreviation of Sunday.

Translations

Sunday

Catalan: dg. (ca)
Danish: søn (da)
Finnish: su (fi)
French: dim. (fr) m

German: So. (de), Son., Sonnt.
Japanese: 日 (ja) (nichi), 日曜 (ja) (nichiyō)
Korean: 일 (ko) (il)
Scottish Gaelic: Did

Anagrams

'uns, NUS, UNS, USN, uns

Turkish

Proper noun

Sun

A male given name
A female given name

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