Sun

Meaning

Name

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. An English tabloid newspaper.

Noun

Abbreviation of Sunday.

Synonyms

sun

🌞

Lord’s Day

Sunday

Dominicus

day

Sun.

🌞

solar

Sol

heat of the sun

Translations

Sonne

🌞

Soleil

🌞

soleil

🌞

Sole

🌞

Güneş

Zon

sole

⭐

sol

🌞

Sol

🌞

Sol

Ήλιος

Sol

🌞

sol

🌞

شمس

🌞

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sʌn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sunne

Inherited from Old English: sunna, sunne

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Sunne

Cognate with Western Frisian: sinne

Cognate with Dutch: zon

Cognate with Old Dutch: sunna

Cognate with Old Saxon: sunna

Cognate with German: Sonne

Cognate with Old High German: sunna

Cognate with Faroese: sunna

Cognate with Icelandic: sunna

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉

In summary

From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunna, sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *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.