Meaning of शंका in English

A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.
Reflection; thought.
To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.
To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.
To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive.
To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it.
To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of.
To fill with fear; to affright.
A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation.
Uncertainty of condition.
Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.
Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.
State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt.
The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence.
Slight degree; suggestion; hint.
To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt.