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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit नभस् (nabhas).
Pronunciation
Noun
नभ • (nabh) m
- sky
- Synonyms: आकाश (ākāś), गगन (gagan), अंबर (ambar), आसमान (āsmān)
2008, Maithilisharan Gupt, edited by Krishnadatt Paliwal, मैथिलीशरण गुप्त ग्रंथावली (maithilīśaraṇ gupt granthāvalī), Vani Prakashan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 294:तृण तृण को नभ सींच रहा था बूँद बूँद रस देकर,
बढ़ा रहा था सुख की नौका समय समीरण खेकर ।- tŕṇ tŕṇ ko nabh sī̃c rahā thā bū̃d bū̃d ras dekar,
baṛhā rahā thā sukh kī naukā samay samīraṇ khekar . - The sky was watering each blade of grass, giving it juice drop by drop;
Time was driving ahead the boat of happiness by rowing the wind.
Declension
Declension of नभ (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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नभ
nabh
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नभ
nabh
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| oblique
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नभ
nabh
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नभों
nabhõ
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| vocative
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नभ
nabh
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नभो
nabho
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References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नभ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2532
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “नभ”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 351
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नभ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 543
Pali
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- nabha (Latin script)
- 𑀦𑀪 (Brahmi script)
- নভ (Bengali script)
- නභ (Sinhalese script)
- နဘ or ၼꧤ (Burmese script)
- นภ or นะภะ (Thai script)
- ᨶᨽ (Tai Tham script)
- ນຠ or ນະຠະ (Lao script)
- នភ (Khmer script)
- 𑄚𑄞 (Chakma script)
Noun
नभ n
- Devanagari script form of nabha (“mist; sky”)
Declension
Declension table of "नभ" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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| Nominative (first) | नभं (nabhaṃ) | नभानि (nabhāni) |
| Accusative (second) | नभं (nabhaṃ) | नभानि (nabhāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | नभेन (nabhena) | नभेहि (nabhehi) or नभेभि (nabhebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | नभस्स (nabhassa) or नभाय (nabhāya) or नभत्थं (nabhatthaṃ) | नभानं (nabhānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | नभस्मा (nabhasmā) or नभम्हा (nabhamhā) or नभा (nabhā) | नभेहि (nabhehi) or नभेभि (nabhebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | नभस्स (nabhassa) | नभानं (nabhānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | नभस्मिं (nabhasmiṃ) or नभम्हि (nabhamhi) or नभे (nabhe) | नभेसु (nabhesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | नभ (nabha) | नभानि (nabhāni) |