गर्भ
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha). Doublet of गाभ (gābh, “pregnancy in animals”)
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡəɾbʱ/, [ɡɐɾbʱ]
Declension
Derived terms
- गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā)
- गर्भवती (garbhavtī)
- गर्भिणी (garbhiṇī)
- गर्भनली (garbhanlī)
- गर्भपात (garbhapāt)
Related terms
- गर्भाशय (garbhāśay)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গৰ্ভ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬃᬪ (Balinese script)
- গর্ভ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰨𑰿𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀪 (Brahmi script)
- ဂရ်္ဘ (Burmese script)
- ગર્ભ (Gujarati script)
- ਗਰ੍ਭ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌰𑍍𑌭 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦂꦨ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂩𑂹𑂦 (Kaithi script)
- ಗರ್ಭ (Kannada script)
- គភ៌ (Khmer script)
- ຄຣ຺ຠ (Lao script)
- ഗര്ഭ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᡵᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘨𑘿𑘥 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᠷᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧈𑧠𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐬𑑂𑐨 (Newa script)
- ଗର୍ଭ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢬ꣄ꢩ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆫𑇀𑆨 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖨𑖿𑖥 (Siddham script)
- ගර්භ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩼 𑪙𑩳 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚤𑚶𑚡 (Takri script)
- க³ர்ப⁴ (Tamil script)
- గర్భ (Telugu script)
- ครฺภ (Thai script)
- ག་རྦྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒩𑓂𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨫𑩇𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gárbʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷólbʰ-o-s, from *gʷelbʰ- (“womb”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀 (garəβa), Ancient Greek δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).
Noun
गर्भ • (gárbha) stem, m
- the womb
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.27.1:
- गर्भे॒ नु सन्नन्वे॑षामवेदम॒हं दे॒वानां॒ जनि॑मानि॒ विश्वा॑।
श॒तं मा॒ पुर॒ आय॑सीररक्ष॒न्नध॑ श्ये॒नो ज॒वसा॒ निर॑दीयम्॥- gárbhe nú sánnánveṣāmavedamaháṃ devā́nāṃ jánimāni víśvā.
śatáṃ mā púra ā́yasīrarakṣannádha śyenó javásā níradīyam. - Being still in the womb, I have known all the births of these divinities in their order; a hundred bodies of metal confined me, but as a hawk I came forth with speed.
- gárbhe nú sánnánveṣāmavedamaháṃ devā́nāṃ jánimāni víśvā.
- गर्भे॒ नु सन्नन्वे॑षामवेदम॒हं दे॒वानां॒ जनि॑मानि॒ विश्वा॑।
- fetus, embryo
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.29.2:
- अ॒रण्यो॒र्निहि॑तो जा॒तवे॑दा॒ गर्भ॑ इव॒ सुधि॑तो ग॒र्भिणी॑षु।
दि॒वेदि॑व॒ ईड्यो॑ जागृ॒वद्भि॑र्ह॒विष्म॑द्भिर्मनु॒ष्ये॑भिर॒ग्निः॥- aráṇyorníhito jātávedā gárbha iva súdhito garbhíṇīṣu.
divédiva ī́ḍyo jāgṛvádbhirhavíṣmadbhirmanuṣyèbhiragníḥ. - Jātavedas has been deposited in the two sticks as the embryo is deposited in pregnant women; Agni is to be adored day by day by vigilant men laden with oblations.
- aráṇyorníhito jātávedā gárbha iva súdhito garbhíṇīṣu.
- अ॒रण्यो॒र्निहि॑तो जा॒तवे॑दा॒ गर्भ॑ इव॒ सुधि॑तो ग॒र्भिणी॑षु।
- child, offspring, brood (especially of birds)
- the inside, middle or interior of anything
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of गर्भ (gárbha) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | गर्भः gárbhaḥ |
गर्भौ / गर्भा¹ gárbhau / gárbhā¹ |
गर्भाः / गर्भासः¹ gárbhāḥ / gárbhāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | गर्भ gárbha |
गर्भौ / गर्भा¹ gárbhau / gárbhā¹ |
गर्भाः / गर्भासः¹ gárbhāḥ / gárbhāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | गर्भम् gárbham |
गर्भौ / गर्भा¹ gárbhau / gárbhā¹ |
गर्भान् gárbhān |
Instrumental | गर्भेण gárbheṇa |
गर्भाभ्याम् gárbhābhyām |
गर्भैः / गर्भेभिः¹ gárbhaiḥ / gárbhebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | गर्भाय gárbhāya |
गर्भाभ्याम् gárbhābhyām |
गर्भेभ्यः gárbhebhyaḥ |
Ablative | गर्भात् gárbhāt |
गर्भाभ्याम् gárbhābhyām |
गर्भेभ्यः gárbhebhyaḥ |
Genitive | गर्भस्य gárbhasya |
गर्भयोः gárbhayoḥ |
गर्भाणाम् gárbhāṇām |
Locative | गर्भे gárbhe |
गर्भयोः gárbhayoḥ |
गर्भेषु gárbheṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪 (gabbha)
- Old Marathi: 𑘐𑘰𑘥 (gābha)
- ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪-𑀅 (*gabbha-a)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਗੱਭ (gabbha, “middle”)
- Pali: gabbha
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪 (gabbha)
- Hindi: गाभ (gābh, “pregnancy in animals”)
- → Hindi: गर्भ (garbh)
- → Kannada: ಗರ್ಭ (garbha)
- → Khmer: គភ៌ (kɔə)
- → Lao: ຄັນ (khan)
- → Malayalam: ഗർഭം (gaṟbhaṁ)
- → Tamil: கருப்பம் (karuppam)
- → Telugu: గర్భము (garbhamu)
- → Thai: ครรภ์ (kan)
References
- “ग॑भ” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 150, column 1.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गर्भ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 083
- Monier Williams (1899) “गर्भ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 349, column 2.
- Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 284
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