अभ्र

अभ्र

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• अब्भ्र (abbhra)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *abʰrás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *abʰrás (asynchronically analyzable as अब् (áb, “water”) + भ्र (bhrá, “bearer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós. Cognate with Latin imber and Ancient Greek ἀφρός (aphrós). Compare also the root अभ्र् (abhr, “to err, wander”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐbʱ.ɽɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐbʱ.ɽɐ/

Noun

अभ्र • (abhrá) m

1. cloud, thunder-cloud, rainy weather

   Synonyms: मेघ (meghá), वाणी (vā́ṇī)

2. sky, atmosphere
3. (arithmetic) a cypher
4. dust
5. (medicine) talc, mica
6. gold
7. camphor
8. rattan (Calamus rotang)
9. Cyperus rotundus

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अभ्र (abhrá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अभ्रः abhráḥ	अभ्रौ abhraú	अभ्राः / अभ्रासः¹ abhrā́ḥ / abhrā́saḥ¹
Vocative	अभ्र ábhra	अभ्रौ ábhrau	अभ्राः / अभ्रासः¹ ábhrāḥ / ábhrāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अभ्रम् abhrám	अभ्रौ abhraú	अभ्रान् abhrā́n
Instrumental	अभ्रेण abhréṇa	अभ्राभ्याम् abhrā́bhyām	अभ्रैः / अभ्रेभिः¹ abhraíḥ / abhrébhiḥ¹
Dative	अभ्राय abhrā́ya	अभ्राभ्याम् abhrā́bhyām	अभ्रेभ्यः abhrébhyaḥ
Ablative	अभ्रात् abhrā́t	अभ्राभ्याम् abhrā́bhyām	अभ्रेभ्यः abhrébhyaḥ
Genitive	अभ्रस्य abhrásya	अभ्रयोः abhráyoḥ	अभ्राणाम् abhrā́ṇām
Locative	अभ्रे abhré	अभ्रयोः abhráyoḥ	अभ्रेषु abhréṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Gujarati: આભ (ābha)
• Rajasthani: आभौ (ābhau)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “अभ्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0079.