शलभ

शलभ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शलभ (śalabha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.ləbʱ/

Noun

शलभ • (śalabh) m

1. locust, grasshopper
2. moth

   Synonym: फतिंगा (phatiṅgā)

Declension

Declension of शलभ
	Singular	Plural
Direct	शलभ (śalabh)	शलभ (śalabh)
Oblique	शलभ (śalabh)	शलभों (śalbhõ)
Vocative	शलभ (śalabh)	शलभो (śalbho)

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Sanskrit

Noun

शलभ • (śalabha) m

1. locust
2. grasshopper
3. cricket

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शलभ
Nom. sg.	शलभः (śalabhaḥ)
Gen. sg.	शलभस्य (śalabhasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शलभः (śalabhaḥ)	शलभौ (śalabhau)	शलभाः (śalabhāḥ)
Vocative	शलभ (śalabha)	शलभौ (śalabhau)	शलभाः (śalabhāḥ)
Accusative	शलभम् (śalabham)	शलभौ (śalabhau)	शलभान् (śalabhān)
Instrumental	शलभेन (śalabhena)	शलभाभ्याम् (śalabhābhyām)	शलभैः (śalabhaiḥ)
Dative	शलभाय (śalabhāya)	शलभाभ्याम् (śalabhābhyām)	शलभेभ्यः (śalabhebhyaḥ)
Ablative	शलभात् (śalabhāt)	शलभाभ्याम् (śalabhābhyām)	शलभेभ्यः (śalabhebhyaḥ)
Genitive	शलभस्य (śalabhasya)	शलभयोः (śalabhayoḥ)	शलभानाम् (śalabhānām)
Locative	शलभे (śalabhe)	शलभयोः (śalabhayoḥ)	शलभेषु (śalabheṣu)

Derived terms

• शलभी (śalabhī, “grasshopper, locust”)
• शालभञ्जिका (śālabhañjikā, “meretrix, courtesan”)

Descendants

• English: salabhasana
• Hindi: शलभ (śalabh)
• Telugu: శలభము (śalabhamu), శలభం (śalabhaṃ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “शलभ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1059.