स्तभ्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬲ᭄ᬢᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
- স্তভ্ (Assamese script)
- স্তভ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
- સ્તભ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸੑਤਭੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦠꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ស្តភ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಸ್ತಭ್ (Kannada script)
- ສ຺ຕຠ຺ (Lao script)
- സ്തഭ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᢐᠠᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
- ᠰᢠᠠᢨ (Manchu script)
- သ္တဘ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ତଭ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢡꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ස්තභ් (Sinhalese script)
- స్తభ్ (Telugu script)
- สฺตภฺ (Thai script)
- སྟ་བྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stand still, harden; prop up, support; pole”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *stьbъ (“stem, stalk”), Old Church Slavonic степень (stepenĭ, “stair”); English step, stop, stamp, stomp, stump, staff, stiff.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /stɐbʱ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /s̪t̪ɐbʱ/
Root
स्तभ् • (stabh)
- to fix firmly, support, sustain, prop
- to hold up
- to stop, arrest, make stiff
Derived terms
- स्तम्भते (stámbhate)
- स्तभ्नाति (stabhnā́ti)
- स्तम्भ (stámbha)
- स्तब्ध (stabdha)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्तभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1258.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 192
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “स्तभ्”, 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
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “स्तभ्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- 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 295
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 588
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1011-1013
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “степень”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress