गर्भ

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See also: ग्रभ् and गर्व

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha). Doublet of गाभ (gābh, “pregnancy in animals”)

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡəɾbʱ/,

Noun

गर्भ • (garbh) m (Urdu spelling گربھ)

  1. womb

Declension

Declension of गर्भ (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct गर्भ
garbh 		गर्भ
garbh
oblique गर्भ
garbh 		गर्भों
garbhõ
vocative गर्भ
garbh 		गर्भो
garbho

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Sanskrit

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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”).

Pronunciation

Noun

गर्भ • (gárbha) stem, m

  1. the womb
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.27.1:
      गर्भे नु सन्नन्वेषामवेदमहं देवानां जनिमानि विश्वा।
      शतं मा पुर आयसीररक्षन्नध श्येनो जवसा निरदीयम्॥
      gárbhe nú sánnánveṣāmavedamahám devā́nām jánimāni víśvā. śatám mā púra ā́yasīrarakṣannádha śyenó javásā níradīyam.
      As I lay within the womb, I considered all generations of these Gods in order.
      A hundred iron fortresses confined me but forth I flew with rapid speed as a Falcon.
  2. fetus, embryo
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.29.2:
      अरण्योर्निहितो जातवेदा गर्भ इव सुधितो गर्भिणीषु।
      aráṇyorníhito jātávedā gárbha iva súdhito garbhíṇīṣu
      In the two fire-sticks Jātavedas lieth, just like the well-placed embryo in pregnant women.
  3. child, offspring, brood (especially of birds)
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.73.2:
      अभीवृतेव ता महापदेन ध्वान्तात्प्रपित्वादुदरन्त गर्भाः॥
      abhī́vṛteva tā́ mahāpadéna dhvāntā́tprapitvā́dúdaranta gárbhāḥ.
      As if encompassed by the Mighty-footed, from darkness, near at hand, forth came the Children.
  4. the inside, middle or interior of anything

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गर्भ (gárbha)
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
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

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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