अम्बु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অম্বু (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬫ᭄ᬩᬸ (Balinese script)
• অম্বু (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• အမ္ဗု (Burmese script)
• અમ્બુ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਮ੍ਬੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಮ್ಬು (Kannada script)
• អម្ពុ (Khmer script)
• ອມ຺ພຸ (Lao script)
• അമ്ബു (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠮᠪᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠮᠪᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐩𑑂𑐧𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଅମ୍ବୁ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢪ꣄ꢨꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆩𑇀𑆧𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖲 (Siddham script)
• අම‍්බු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩴 𑪙𑩲𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚰 (Takri script)
• அம்பு³ (Tamil script)
• అమ్బు (Telugu script)
• อมฺพุ (Thai script)
• ཨ་མྦུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒧𑓂𑒥𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. The hapax legomenon कियाम्बु (kiyāmbu, “water-lily”) appears to be a prefixed form of this word. Together with it and अम्भस् (ámbhas), it may be of substrate origin. Perhaps a Prakritic or IE substratum of Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós, compare Ancient Greek ὄμβρος (ómbros, “water”).

Alternatively from Dravidian, compare Tamil அம் (am), Kumarbhag Paharia [script needed] (amu); or Austroasiatic, compare Khasi um, Santali [script needed] (um, “to bathe”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐm.bu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐm.bu/

Noun

अम्बु • (ambu) stem, n

1. water

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जल

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “अम्बु”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899), “अम्बु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ambu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press