શું

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati *क्सिउं (*ksiũ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀻𑀇𑀲 (kīisa). Probably from a form of Sanskrit कीदृश (kīdṛśa).

Pronoun

શું • (śũ)

1. interrogative pronoun; what, which

   આનો શું ભાવ છે?

   āno śũ bhāv che?

   What is the price of this?

   તારું નામ શું છે?

   tārũ nām śũ che?

   What is your name?

Determiner

શું • (śũ)

1. what

   આની શું જરૂર છે?

   ānī śũ jarūr che?

   What is the need for this?

   (alternatively)

   આની શી જરૂર છે?

   ānī śī jarūr che?

   What is the need for this?

Declension

• Note: the declension of this word for noun-agreement is not followed by many speakers, who view the word as immutable.

Declension of શું
	nominative			oblique/vocative/instrumental			locative
	singular	plural		singular	plural
masculine	શો (śo)	શા (śā)		શા (śā)	શા (śā)		શે (śe)
neuter	શું (śũ)	શાં (śā̃)		શા (śā)	શાં (śā̃)		શે (śe)
feminine	શી (śī)	શી (śī)		શી (śī)	શી (śī)
Note: If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the masculine and neuter locatives do not apply.

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kīdr̥śa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press