आरम्भ

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɾəmbʱ/, [äː.ɾɐ̃mbʱ]

Noun

आरम्भ • (ārambh) m (Urdu spelling آرمبھ)

alternative spelling of आरंभ (ārambh)

Declension

Declension of *आरम्भ* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	आरम्भ ārambh	आरम्भ ārambh
oblique	आरम्भ ārambh	आरम्भों ārambhõ
vocative	आरम्भ ārambh	आरम्भो ārambho

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ārambha (Latin script)
𑀆𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀪 (Brahmi script)
আরম্ভ (Bengali script)
ආරම‍්භ (Sinhalese script)
အာရမ္ဘ or ဢႃရမ္ꧤ or ဢႃရမ်ꧤ (Burmese script)
อารมฺภ or อารัมภะ (Thai script)
ᩋᩣᩁᨾ᩠ᨽ (Tai Tham script)
ອາຣມ຺ຠ or ອາຣັມຠະ (Lao script)
អារម្ភ (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄂𑄢𑄟𑄴𑄞 (Chakma script)

Noun

आरम्भ m

Devanagari script form of ārambha (“beginning”)

Declension

Declension table of "आरम्भ" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	आरम्भो (ārambho)	आरम्भा (ārambhā)
Accusative (second)	आरम्भं (ārambhaṃ)	आरम्भे (ārambhe)
Instrumental (third)	आरम्भेन (ārambhena)	आरम्भेहि (ārambhehi) or आरम्भेभि (ārambhebhi)
Dative (fourth)	आरम्भस्स (ārambhassa) or आरम्भाय (ārambhāya) or आरम्भत्थं (ārambhatthaṃ)	आरम्भानं (ārambhānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	आरम्भस्मा (ārambhasmā) or आरम्भम्हा (ārambhamhā) or आरम्भा (ārambhā)	आरम्भेहि (ārambhehi) or आरम्भेभि (ārambhebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	आरम्भस्स (ārambhassa)	आरम्भानं (ārambhānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	आरम्भस्मिं (ārambhasmiṃ) or आरम्भम्हि (ārambhamhi) or आरम्भे (ārambhe)	आरम्भेसु (ārambhesu)
Vocative (calling)	आरम्भ (ārambha)	आरम्भा (ārambhā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

আৰম্ভ (Assamese script)
ᬆᬭᬫ᭄ᬪ (Balinese script)
আরম্ভ (Bengali script)
𑰁𑰨𑰦𑰿𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀆𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀪 (Brahmi script)
အာရမ္ဘ (Burmese script)
આરમ્ભ (Gujarati script)
ਆਰਮ੍ਭ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌆𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌭 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦴꦫꦩ꧀ꦨ (Javanese script)
𑂄𑂩𑂧𑂹𑂦 (Kaithi script)
ಆರಮ್ಭ (Kannada script)
អារម្ភ (Khmer script)
ອາຣມ຺ຠ (Lao script)
ആരമ്ഭ (Malayalam script)
ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᠮᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘁𑘨𑘦𑘿𑘥 (Modi script)
ᠠᢗᠷᠠᠮᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦡𑧈𑧆𑧠𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
𑐁𑐬𑐩𑑂𑐨 (Newa script)
ଆରମ୍ଭ (Odia script)
ꢃꢬꢪ꣄ꢩ (Saurashtra script)
𑆄𑆫𑆩𑇀𑆨 (Sharada script)
𑖁𑖨𑖦𑖿𑖥 (Siddham script)
ආරම‍්භ (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩛𑩼𑩴 𑪙𑩳 (Soyombo script)
𑚁𑚤𑚢𑚶𑚡 (Takri script)
ஆரம்ப⁴ (Tamil script)
ఆరమ్భ (Telugu script)
อารมฺภ (Thai script)
ཨཱ་ར་མྦྷ (Tibetan script)
𑒂𑒩𑒧𑓂𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨊𑨫𑨢𑩇𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

आ- (ā-) +‎ रम्भ (rambha), the latter from रम्भ् (rambh).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɾɐm.bʱɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɾɐm.bʱɐ/

Noun

आ॒र॒म्भ • (ārambhá) stem, m

beginning, commencement, undertaking (ant. अन्त (anta))
a thing begun
origin
(drama) the commencement of the action which awakens an interest in the progress of the principal plot
enterprising, setting about a task

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आ॒र॒म्भ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आ॒र॒म्भः (ārambháḥ)	आ॒र॒म्भौ (ārambháu) आ॒र॒म्भा¹ (ārambhā́¹)	आ॒र॒म्भाः (ārambhā́ḥ) आ॒र॒म्भासः॑¹ (ārambhā́saḥ¹)
accusative	आ॒र॒म्भम् (ārambhám)	आ॒र॒म्भौ (ārambháu) आ॒र॒म्भा¹ (ārambhā́¹)	आ॒र॒म्भान् (ārambhā́n)
instrumental	आ॒र॒म्भेण॑ (ārambhéṇa)	आ॒र॒म्भाभ्या॑म् (ārambhā́bhyām)	आ॒र॒म्भैः (ārambháiḥ) आ॒र॒म्भेभिः॑¹ (ārambhébhiḥ¹)
dative	आ॒र॒म्भाय॑ (ārambhā́ya)	आ॒र॒म्भाभ्या॑म् (ārambhā́bhyām)	आ॒र॒म्भेभ्यः॑ (ārambhébhyaḥ)
ablative	आ॒र॒म्भात् (ārambhā́t)	आ॒र॒म्भाभ्या॑म् (ārambhā́bhyām)	आ॒र॒म्भेभ्यः॑ (ārambhébhyaḥ)
genitive	आ॒र॒म्भस्य॑ (ārambhásya)	आ॒र॒म्भयोः॑ (ārambháyoḥ)	आ॒र॒म्भाणा॑म् (ārambhā́ṇām)
locative	आ॒र॒म्भे (ārambhé)	आ॒र॒म्भयोः॑ (ārambháyoḥ)	आ॒र॒म्भेषु॑ (ārambhéṣu)
vocative	आर॑म्भ (ā́rambha)	आर॑म्भौ (ā́rambhau) आर॑म्भा¹ (ā́rambhā¹)	आर॑म्भाः (ā́rambhāḥ) आर॑म्भासः¹ (ā́rambhāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Synonyms

आदि (ādi)

Descendants

Pali: ārambha
→ Assamese: আৰম্ভ (arombho)
→ Bengali: আরম্ভ (arombho)
→ Hindi: आरंभ (ārambh), आरम्भ (ārambh)
→ Kannada: ಆರಂಭ (ārambha)
→ Malayalam: ആരംഭം (ārambhaṁ)
→ Marathi: आरंभ (ārambha)
→ Odia: ଆରମ୍ଭ (ārambha)
→ Punjabi: ਅਰੰਭ (arambh), ਆਰੰਭ (ārambh)
→ Sinhalese: ආරම්භය (ārambhaya)
→ Tamil: ஆரம்பம் (ārampam)
→ Telugu: ఆరంభము (ārambhamu)
→ Thai: อารัมภ / อารัมภะ / อารัมภ์

References

Monier Williams (1899), “आरम्भ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 150/1.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “आरम्भ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press