गर्भिणी

गर्भिणी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬕᬃᬪᬶᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
• গৰ্ভিণী (Assamese script)
• গর্ভিণী (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰨𑰿𑰥𑰰𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌗𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌿𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ગર્ભિણી (Gujarati script)
• ꦒꦂꦨꦶꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
• ಗರ್ಭಿಣೀ (Kannada script)
• ဂရ္ဘိဏီ (Burmese script)
• 𑐐𑐬𑑂𑐨𑐶𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଗର୍ଭିଣୀ (Oriya script)
• ꢔꢬ꣄ꢩꢶꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆫𑇀𑆨𑆴𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖨𑖿𑖥𑖰𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
• గర్భిణీ (Telugu script)
• གརྦྷིཎཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒩𑓂𑒦𑒱𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From गर्भ (garbhá, “womb, embryo”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɽ.bʱí.ɳiː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɽˈbʱi.ɳiː/

Adjective

गर्भिणी • (garbhíṇī)

1. pregnant, impregnated
   • 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.

2. filled with

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of गर्भिणी (garbhíṇī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गर्भिणी garbhíṇī	गर्भिण्यौ / गर्भिणी¹ garbhíṇyau / garbhíṇī¹	गर्भिण्यः / गर्भिणीः¹ garbhíṇyaḥ / garbhíṇīḥ¹
Vocative	गर्भिणि gárbhiṇi	गर्भिण्यौ / गर्भिणी¹ gárbhiṇyau / garbhíṇī¹	गर्भिण्यः / गर्भिणीः¹ gárbhiṇyaḥ / gárbhiṇīḥ¹
Accusative	गर्भिणीम् garbhíṇīm	गर्भिण्यौ / गर्भिणी¹ garbhíṇyau / garbhíṇī¹	गर्भिणीः garbhíṇīḥ
Instrumental	गर्भिण्या garbhíṇyā	गर्भिणीभ्याम् garbhíṇībhyām	गर्भिणीभिः garbhíṇībhiḥ
Dative	गर्भिण्यै garbhíṇyai	गर्भिणीभ्याम् garbhíṇībhyām	गर्भिणीभ्यः garbhíṇībhyaḥ
Ablative	गर्भिण्याः garbhíṇyāḥ	गर्भिणीभ्याम् garbhíṇībhyām	गर्भिणीभ्यः garbhíṇībhyaḥ
Genitive	गर्भिण्याः garbhíṇyāḥ	गर्भिण्योः garbhíṇyoḥ	गर्भिणीनाम् garbhíṇīnām
Locative	गर्भिण्याम् garbhíṇyām	गर्भिण्योः garbhíṇyoḥ	गर्भिणीषु garbhíṇīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Borrowed terms

• Hindi: गर्भिणी (garbhiṇī)
• Kannada: ಗರ್ಭಿಣಿ (garbhiṇi)
• Marathi: गर्भिणी (garbhiṇī)

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Assamese: গাভিনী (gabhini)
  • Sylheti: ꠉꠣꠜꠤꠘ (gabin)
• Dardic: *garbíṇi
  • Khowar: گاربىن‎ (garbiín)
• Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀡𑀻 (*gabbhiṇī)
  • Marathi: गाभीण (gābhīṇ)
• Pali: gabbhinī
• Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀡𑀻 (*gabbhiṇī)
  • Hindi: गाभीन (gābhīn)
  • Romani: khabni

References

• Monier Williams (1899) , “गर्भिणी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 350/2.