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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ऋषभ (ṛṣabha).
Pronunciation
Noun
ऋषभ • (ŕṣabh) m
- a bull
- Synonym: साँड़ (sā̃ṛ)
- the second note of the Indian musical scale
Declension
Declension of ऋषभ (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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ऋषभ
ŕṣabh
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ऋषभ
ŕṣabh
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| oblique
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ऋषभ
ŕṣabh
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ऋषभों
ŕṣabhõ
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| vocative
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ऋषभ
ŕṣabh
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ऋषभो
ŕṣabho
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References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ऋषभ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ऋषभ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ऋषभ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঋষভ (Assamese script)
- ᬋᬱᬪ (Balinese script)
- ঋষভ (Bengali script)
- 𑰆𑰬𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀋𑀱𑀪 (Brahmi script)
- ၒၑဘ (Burmese script)
- ઋષભ (Gujarati script)
- ਰਸ਼ਭ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌋𑌷𑌭 (Grantha script)
- ꦉꦰꦨ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂱𑂭𑂦 (Kaithi script)
- ಋಷಭ (Kannada script)
- ឫឞភ (Khmer script)
- ຣິຩຠ (Lao script)
- ഋഷഭ (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᡳᢢᠠᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘆𑘬𑘥 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠢᢔᠠᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦦𑧌𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐆𑐲𑐨 (Newa script)
- ଋଷଭ (Odia script)
- ꢈꢰꢩ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆉𑆰𑆨 (Sharada script)
- 𑖆𑖬𑖥 (Siddham script)
- ඍෂභ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩙𑪀𑩳 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚡 (Takri script)
- ரிஷப⁴ (Tamil script)
- ఋషభ (Telugu script)
- ฤษภ (Thai script)
- རྀ་ཥ་བྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒇𑒭𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨉𑨯𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)r̥šabʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥sn̥-bʰó-s, from *wérsēn (“male animal; manly man”).
Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬱𐬀𐬥 (arəšan), Ancient Greek ἄρσην (ársēn), Old Armenian առն (aṙn), Latin verrēs (“boar”). Also related to वृषभ (vṛṣabhá), वृषन् (vṛṣan).
Pronunciation
Noun
ऋषभ • (ṛṣabhá) stem, m
- a bull
c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE,
Ṛgveda 10.166.1:
- ऋ॒ष॒भं मा॑ समा॒नानां॑ स॒पत्ना॑नां विषास॒हिम्।
ह॒न्तारं॒ शत्रू॑णां कृधि वि॒राजं॒ गोप॑तिं॒ गवा॑म्॥- ṛṣabháṃ mā samānā́nāṃ sapátnānāṃ viṣāsahím.
hantā́raṃ śátrūṇāṃ kṛdhi virā́jaṃ gópatiṃ gávām. - Make me a bull among my peers, make me conquer my rivals, make me the slayer of my foes, a sovereign ruler lord of the cattle.
- a male animal of any kind
- the best, excellent and the most powerful of any kind or race
Declension
Descendants
References