दृभ्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬤᬺᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
- দৃভ্ (Assamese script)
- দৃভ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰴𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀾𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌦𑍃𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
- દૃભ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਦ੍ਹਭੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦢꦽꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ទ្ឫភ៑ (Khmer script)
- ದೃಭ್ (Kannada script)
- ທ຺ຣິຠ຺ (Lao script)
- ദൃഭ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘟𑘵𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠷᢈᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
- ᡩᡵᡳᢨ (Manchu script)
- ဒၖဘ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦿𑧖𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐺𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଦୃଭ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢣꢺꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆸𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖴𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
- දෘභ් (Sinhalese script)
- దృభ్ (Telugu script)
- ทฺฤภฺ (Thai script)
- དྲྀ་བྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒵𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“to spin, twist”). Cognate with Lithuanian darbas (“bunch of leaves”), Proto-Germanic *tarbijaną (“to wind, spin”) whence English (topsy)-turvy, and turf.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dr̩bʱ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪r̩bʱ/
Root
दृभ् • (dṛbh)
- to string or tie together, tie in a bunch
Derived terms
- दर्भ (darbhá, “a tuft of grass”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “दृभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, pages 0470, 0491.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “दृभ्”, 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 077
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “दृभ्”, 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 378
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 121
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0210