Sun

English

White glowing ball with black sunspots
The Sun (etymology 1, proper noun sense 1), viewed through a clear solar filter

Etymology 1

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#SUNCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#SUN sunne, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#SUNCategory:English terms derived from Old English#SUN sunna, sunne (sun; the Sun), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#SUNCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#SUN *sunnā, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#SUNCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SUN *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#SUNCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SUN *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.

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

the SunCategory:English lemmas#SUNCategory:English proper nouns#SUNCategory:English uncountable nouns#SUNCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SUNCategory:Pages with entries#SUNCategory:Pages with 5 entries#SUN

  1. The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented in astronomy and astrology by .
  2. The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
  3. (newspapersCategory:en:Newspapers#SUN) An English tabloid newspaper.
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See also
Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star Sun
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Eris
Notable
moons
Moon Phobos
Deimos
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetus

Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon
Triton Charon Dysnomia

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

Sun (plural Suns)Category:English lemmas#SUNCategory:English nouns#SUNCategory:English countable nouns#SUNCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SUNCategory:Pages with entries#SUNCategory:Pages with 5 entries#SUN

  1. Abbreviation of SundayCategory:English abbreviations#SUN.
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Etymology 3

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From MandarinCategory:English terms borrowed from Mandarin#SUNCategory:English terms derived from Mandarin#SUN (Sūn), Wade-Giles romanization: Sun¹.

Proper noun

Sun (plural Suns)Category:English lemmas#SUNCategory:English proper nouns#SUNCategory:English countable nouns#SUNCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SUNCategory:Pages with entries#SUNCategory:Pages with 5 entries#SUN

  1. A surnameCategory:English surnames#SUN.
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Anagrams

Category:en:Light sources#SUNCategory:en:Qur'an#SUNCategory:en:Sun#SUN

Bavarian

De Sun.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Category:Bavarian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SUNCategory:Bavarian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#SUNCategory:Bavarian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SUNCategory:Bavarian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#SUN

From Middle High GermanCategory:Bavarian terms inherited from Middle High German#SUNCategory:Bavarian terms derived from Middle High German#SUN sunne, from Old High GermanCategory:Bavarian terms inherited from Old High German#SUNCategory:Bavarian terms derived from Old High German#SUN sunna, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Bavarian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#SUNCategory:Bavarian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#SUN *sunnā. Cognates include German Sonne and Luxembourgish Sonn.

Pronunciation

Noun

Sun fCategory:Bavarian lemmas#SUNCategory:Bavarian nouns#SUNCategory:Bavarian feminine nouns#SUNCategory:Bavarian terms with redundant script codes#SUNCategory:Bavarian entries with incorrect language header#SUNCategory:Bavarian feminine nouns#SUNCategory:Pages with entries#SUNCategory:Pages with 5 entries#SUN

  1. 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 HakkaCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Hakka#SUNCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Hakka#SUN (sūn).

Proper noun

SunCategory:Indonesian lemmas#SUNCategory:Indonesian proper nouns#SUNCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#SUNCategory:Pages with entries#SUNCategory:Pages with 5 entries#SUN

  1. a surname from HakkaCategory:Indonesian surnames#SUNCategory:Indonesian surnames from Hakka#SUN

Tagalog

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Etymology

From HokkienCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Hokkien#SUNCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien#SUN  / (Sun) and MandarinCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Mandarin#SUNCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Mandarin#SUN  / (Sūn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sun (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#SUNCategory:Tagalog proper nouns#SUNCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#SUNCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#SUNCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#SUNCategory:Pages with entries#SUNCategory:Pages with 5 entries#SUN

  1. a Chinese surname from MandarinCategory:Tagalog surnames#SUNCategory:Tagalog surnames from Mandarin#SUN
  2. a Chinese Filipino surname from HokkienCategory:Tagalog surnames#SUNCategory:Tagalog surnames from Hokkien#SUN

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman TurkishCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish#SUNCategory:Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#SUN صنع (sun'), from ArabicCategory:Turkish terms derived from Arabic#SUN صُنْع (ṣunʕ).

Proper noun

SunCategory:Turkish lemmas#SUNCategory:Turkish proper nouns#SUNCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#SUNCategory:Pages with entries#SUNCategory:Pages with 5 entries#SUN

  1. a male given nameCategory:Turkish given names#SUNCategory:Turkish male given names#SUN
  2. a female given nameCategory:Turkish given names#SUNCategory:Turkish female given names#SUN
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