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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জম্ভ (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬫ᭄ᬪ (Balinese script)
- জম্ভ (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰦𑰿𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀫𑁆𑀪 (Brahmi script)
- ဇမ္ဘ (Burmese script)
- જમ્ભ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਮ੍ਭ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌮𑍍𑌭 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦩ꧀ꦨ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂧𑂹𑂦 (Kaithi script)
- ಜಮ್ಭ (Kannada script)
- ជម្ភ (Khmer script)
- ຊມ຺ຠ (Lao script)
- ജമ്ഭ (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᠮᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘦𑘿𑘥 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠮᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧆𑧠𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐩𑑂𑐨 (Newa script)
- ଜମ୍ଭ (Odia script)
- ꢙꢪ꣄ꢩ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆩𑇀𑆨 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖦𑖿𑖥 (Siddham script)
- ජම්භ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩴 𑪙𑩳 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚢𑚶𑚡 (Takri script)
- ஜம்ப⁴ (Tamil script)
- జమ్భ (Telugu script)
- ชมฺภ (Thai script)
- ཛ་མྦྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒧𑓂𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨢𑩇𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ámbʰas (“tooth, jaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth”). Cognate with Pashto ژامه (žā́ma, “jaw”), Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos) and Old English camb (English comb).
Pronunciation
Noun
जम्भ • (jámbha) stem, m
- tooth, eyetooth, tusk
c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE,
Ṛgveda 4.7.10:
- सद्यो जातस्य ददृशानमोजो यदस्य वातो अनुवाति शोचिः।
वृणक्ति तिग्मामतसेषु जिह्वां स्थिरा चिदन्ना दयते वि जम्भैः॥- sadyo jātasya dadṛśānamojo yadasya vāto anuvāti śociḥ.
vṛṇakti tigmāmataseṣu jihvāṃ sthirā cidannā dayate vi jambhaiḥ. - Yet newly born, his vigour is apparent when the wind blows upon his fiery splendour,
His sharpened tongue he layeth on the brushwood, and with his teeth even solid food consumeth.
- (in the plural) set of teeth, mouth, jaws
- swallowing
- one who crushes or swallows (as a demon)
- name of several demons (conquered by Vishnu, Krishna or Indra)
- a leader of the demons in the war against the gods under Indra
- Indra's thunderbolt
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