गब्भिणी

Apabhramsa

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit ग॒र्भिणी॑ (garbhíṇī)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀕𑀪𑀺𑀦𑀻 (gabhinī)

Prakrit 𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀡𑀻 (gabbhiṇī)

Apabhramsa गब्भिणी

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀡𑀻 (gabbhiṇī), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀕𑀪𑀺𑀦𑀻 (gabhinī /⁠gabbhinī⁠/), from Sanskrit ग॒र्भिणी॑ (garbhíṇī).

Adjective

गब्भिणी (gabbhiṇī) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. pregnant
   • c. 975 CE – 1025, Kanakāmara, Karakaṇḍa-Cariu 8.1.13–2.1:

     सा रमिय तुरंतइं मयणभर पेक्खेविणु तुरयइं गिरिवरहो ॥१॥
     सा गया पट्टणं मंतिणा पेक्खिया सव्व-सल्लक्खणा गब्भिणी लक्खिया।

     sā ramiya turaṃtaïṃ mayaṇabhara pekkheviṇu turayaïṃ girivaraho.1.
     sā gayā paṭṭaṇaṃ maṃtiṇā pekkhiyā savva-sallakkhaṇā gabbhiṇī lakkhiyā.

     • 1934 translation by Hiralal Jain

       Seeing [the mare] hot-blooded
       a horse mated her on the mountain.
       [The mare] returned to the town
       and was marked by the minister
       as endowed with all good signs and pregnant.

Descendants

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Eastern Hindi:
    • Awadhi: gābhin

      Devanagari script: गाभिन

      Kaithi script: 𑂏𑂰𑂦𑂱𑂢

    • Bagheli: गाभिन (gābhin)
    • Chhattisgarhi: गाब्भन (gābbhan), गाभन (gābhan), गाभिन (gābhin)
  • Western Hindi:
    • Braj: गाभिन (gābhin)
    • Kannauji: गाभिन
    • Middle Hindi: گابھن (gabhn)
      • Hindustani:

        Hindi: गाभिन (gābhin), गाभन (gābhan)

        Urdu: گابَھن (gābhan), گابھنِی (gābhnī)

• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali-Assamese:
    • Assamese: গাভিনী (gabhini)
    • Chakma: gābhīn

      Bengali script: গাভীন

      Chakma script: 𑄉𑄞𑄩𑄚𑄴

    • Middle Bengali: গাভিনি (gabhini), গাভিন (gabhin, “carrying (cow)”)
      • Bengali: গাভিন (gabhin)
    • Sylheti: ꠉꠣꠜꠤꠘ (gabíno)
  • Bihari:
    • Angika: gābhin

      Devanagari script: गाभिन

      Kaithi script: 𑂏𑂰𑂦𑂱𑂢

    • Bajjika: gābhin

      Devanagari script: गाभिन

      Kaithi script: 𑂏𑂰𑂦𑂱𑂢

    • Bhojpuri: gābhin

      Devanagari script: गाभिन

      Kaithi script: 𑂏𑂰𑂦𑂱𑂢

    • Magahi: gābhin

      Devanagari script: गाभिन

      Kaithi script: 𑂏𑂰𑂦𑂱𑂢

    • Maithili: gābhinɨ

      Devanagari script: गाभिनि

      Tirhuta script: 𑒑𑒰𑒦𑒱𑒢𑒱

    • Sadri: gābhin

      Devanagari script: गाभिन

      Kaithi script: 𑂏𑂰𑂦𑂱𑂢

  • Odia: ଗାବିନ୍ (gābin), ଗାଭିନ୍ (gābhin)
• Insular Indo-Aryan:
  • Sinhalese: ගැබිණි (gæbiṇi), ගැබිණිය (gæbiṇiya)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Central Pahari:
    • Garhwali: गाबणु (gābṇu), गाबिण (gābiṇ)
    • Kumaoni: गाभिण
  • Eastern Pahari:
    • Nepali: गाभिन (gābhina), गाभिनी (gābhinī)
  • Western Pahari:
    • Dogri: gabbhan

      Devanagari script: गब्भन

      Dogra script: 𑠌𑠠𑠹𑠡𑠝

• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabic:
    • Punjabi: gabbhaṇ

      Gurmukhi script: ਗੱਭਣ

      Shahmukhi script: گَبَّھݨ

    • Saraiki:

      Shahmukhi script: ڳَبَھݨ (g̈abhaṇ)

      Devanagari script: ॻभिण (g̈abhiṇ)

      Multani script: 𑊆𑊟𑊕 (gbhṇ)

  • Sindhic:
    • Sindhi: g̠abhiṇi

      Arabic script: ڳَڀِڻِ (g̠abhiṇi)

      Devanagari script: ॻभिणि

      Khudabadi script: 𑊽𑋖𑋡𑋌𑋡

    • Kachchi: gabhṇī

      Gujarati script: ગભણી

      Khudabadi script: 𑊼𑋖𑋌𑋢

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Konkani:

    Devanagari script: गाबणें (gābṇẽ)

    Latin script: gabnni

  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: गाभिणी (gābhiṇī)

    Modi script: 𑘐𑘰𑘥𑘲𑘜𑘲 (gābhīṇī)

    • Marathi: gābhaṇ

      Devanagari script: गाभण

      Modi script: 𑘐𑘰𑘥𑘜

    • Varhadi: gābhan

      Devanagari script: गाभन

      Modi script: 𑘐𑘰𑘥𑘡

• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Ahirani: गाभन (gābhan)
  • Gujarati: ગાભણ (gābhaṇ), ગાભણી (gābhṇī)
  • Rajasthani:
    • Dhundhari: ग्याबण (gyābaṇ)
    • Gojri: گَبَھن (gabhan)
    • Hadoti: ग्याबण (gyābaṇ)
    • Malvi: गाबण (gābaṇ)
    • Marwari:

      Devanagari script: गाभणी (gābhṇī), ग्याभण (gyābhaṇ)

      Mahajani script: 𑅗𑅫𑅢𑅑 (gbhṇi /⁠gābhṇī⁠/), 𑅗𑅛𑅫𑅢 (gjbhṇ /⁠gyābhaṇ⁠/)

    • Mewari: ग्याबण (gyābaṇ), ज्याबण (jyābaṇ)
    • Mewati: ग्याबण (gyābaṇ)
  • Romani: khabni, khamni

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “garbhíṇī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 217