अम्बी

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Etymology

Onomatopoeic, a sound-symbolic nursery word with similar formations found across language families; compare German Amme (“wet nurse”). Related to अम्बा (ambā, “mother”).

Pronunciation

Noun

अम्बी • (ambī) stem, f

  1. a mother

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of अम्बी (ambī)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अम्बी
ambī 		अम्ब्यौ / अम्बी¹
ambyau / ambī¹ 		अम्ब्यः / अम्बीः¹
ambyaḥ / ambīḥ¹
Vocative अम्बि
ambi 		अम्ब्यौ / अम्बी¹
ambyau / ambī¹ 		अम्ब्यः / अम्बीः¹
ambyaḥ / ambīḥ¹
Accusative अम्बीम्
ambīm 		अम्ब्यौ / अम्बी¹
ambyau / ambī¹ 		अम्बीः
ambīḥ
Instrumental अम्ब्या
ambyā 		अम्बीभ्याम्
ambībhyām 		अम्बीभिः
ambībhiḥ
Dative अम्ब्यै
ambyai 		अम्बीभ्याम्
ambībhyām 		अम्बीभ्यः
ambībhyaḥ
Ablative अम्ब्याः / अम्ब्यै²
ambyāḥ / ambyai² 		अम्बीभ्याम्
ambībhyām 		अम्बीभ्यः
ambībhyaḥ
Genitive अम्ब्याः / अम्ब्यै²
ambyāḥ / ambyai² 		अम्ब्योः
ambyoḥ 		अम्बीनाम्
ambīnām
Locative अम्ब्याम्
ambyām 		अम्ब्योः
ambyoḥ 		अम्बीषु
ambīṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अम्बी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 83/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 100
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