अभ्र

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• अब्भ्र (abbhra)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *abʰrás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *abʰrás (asynchronically analyzable as अब् (áb, “water”) + भ्र (bhrá, “bearer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós. Cognate with Latin imber and Ancient Greek ἀφρός (aphrós). Compare also the root अभ्र् (abhr, “to err, wander”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐbʱ.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐbʱ.ɾɐ/

Noun

अभ्र • (abhrá) stem, m

1. cloud, thunder-cloud, rainy weather

   Synonyms: मेघ (meghá), वाणी (vā́ṇī)

2. sky, atmosphere
3. (arithmetic) a cypher
4. dust
5. (medicine) talc, mica
6. gold
7. camphor
8. rattan ()
9. Cyperus rotundus

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अभ्र (abhrá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अभ्रः abhráḥ	अभ्रौ / अभ्रा¹ abhraú / abhrā́¹	अभ्राः / अभ्रासः¹ abhrā́ḥ / abhrā́saḥ¹
Vocative	अभ्र ábhra	अभ्रौ / अभ्रा¹ ábhrau / ábhrā¹	अभ्राः / अभ्रासः¹ ábhrāḥ / ábhrāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अभ्रम् abhrám	अभ्रौ / अभ्रा¹ abhraú / abhrā́¹	अभ्रान् abhrā́n
Instrumental	अभ्रेण abhréṇa	अभ्राभ्याम् abhrā́bhyām	अभ्रैः / अभ्रेभिः¹ abhraíḥ / abhrébhiḥ¹
Dative	अभ्राय abhrā́ya	अभ्राभ्याम् abhrā́bhyām	अभ्रेभ्यः abhrébhyaḥ
Ablative	अभ्रात् abhrā́t	अभ्राभ्याम् abhrā́bhyām	अभ्रेभ्यः abhrébhyaḥ
Genitive	अभ्रस्य abhrásya	अभ्रयोः abhráyoḥ	अभ्राणाम् abhrā́ṇām
Locative	अभ्रे abhré	अभ्रयोः abhráyoḥ	अभ्रेषु abhréṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit:
  • • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
      • Gujarati: આભ (ābha)
      • Rajasthani: आभौ (ābhau)
    • Hindi: आभ (ābh)
• Pali: ambu, ambha

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अभ्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0079.