जम्भ्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬚᬫ᭄ᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
- জম্ভ্ (Assamese script)
- জম্ভ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰦𑰿𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀫𑁆𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌜𑌮𑍍𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
- જમ્ભ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਮੑਭੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦗꦩ꧀ꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ជម្ភ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಜಮ್ಭ್ (Kannada script)
- ຊມ຺ຠ຺ (Lao script)
- ജമ്ഭ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘕𑘦𑘿𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠮᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
- ᡯᠠᠮᢨ (Manchu script)
- ဇမ္ဘ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦵𑧆𑧠𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐩𑑂𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଜମ୍ଭ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢙꢪ꣄ꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆩𑇀𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖦𑖿𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ජම්භ් (Sinhalese script)
- జమ్భ్ (Telugu script)
- ชมฺภฺ (Thai script)
- ཛ་མྦྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒧𑓂𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵembʰ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *zǫ̑bъ (“tooth”) whence Polish ząb, and English comb.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐmbʱ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐmbʱ/
Root
जम्भ् • (jambh)
- to chew up, crush, destroy
Derived terms
- जम्भ (jámbha, “tooth”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “जम्भ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0412.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “जम्भ्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 053
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “जम्भ्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 162
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 369