Talk:शुख

RFV discussion: August–October 2021
This alleged Sanskrit word seems not to exist. It could be a back projection of Thai, which also needs to be checked. If deleted, links to it will need to be expunged. --RichardW57m (talk) 16:19, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
 * the page even has a link to the non-existent entry that is not in MW dictionary in the Reference section.
 * Shockingly, the TITUS text database search in the Mahabharata returns the apparently locative in Parva 3, Section 247, Śloka 22. However, the reason is that TITUS was using an outdated electronic file for the Mahabharata critical edition. The most up-to-date electronic CE text (manually checked by editors at  and updated regularly) for the same line reads clearly, see the txt file, line number  . --Frigoris (talk) 13:57, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Addendum. To me the alleged Sanskrit word just looks like textual corruption. I wonder if it has anything to do with Thai. --Frigoris (talk) 14:03, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Those were my thoughts too, as PG-2012 seems to have added both words. I opened the Thai Royal Institute Dictionary (Thai-Thai) expecting to find the word, but found nothing.  I've a couple of older Thai dictionaries (Pallegoix and Michell) I can consult, but they might not help even if I found the word.  Tantalisingly, it does turn up as an element in Thai Pali-Sanskrit names, so it may well be an established misspelling of.
 * That may be some sort of hypersanskritism, but I've zero idea about whether it is "established". --Frigoris (talk) 08:19, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Both Pallegoix and Michell record words containing the written morpheme. Michell has " (soo'k) [Pali] happy,..." and " (soo'khee} [Sansk.] happiness,...".  I take this as refutable evidence that educated Thais considered ศุข to be a Sanskrit word. --RichardW57 (talk) 20:57, 7 August 2021 (UTC)


 * RFV-failed Svartava2 (talk) 11:18, 25 October 2021 (UTC)