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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sʌn/

Etymology

From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunna, sunne (“sun; the Sun”), 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.