MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shakun mean?
Śakuna denotes an omen in Sanskrit, especially an auspicious sign. The word also names birds, reflecting their role in traditional observation of omens.
Pronunciation
IAST: śakuna
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शकुन
Letter-by-letter: śakuna
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shakun in Indian usage
23,724 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling शकुन.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 23,355 records (98.4%).
- Recorded as male: 369 records (1.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 2,683 |
| 1960s | 5,709 |
| 1970s | 7,399 |
| 1980s | 4,884 |
| 1990s | 2,320 |
| Other decades | 729 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 20,161 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,091 |
| Bihar | 834 |
| Other states | 638 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, śakuna, p. 1046,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.