गर्भ

See also: ग्रभ्

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गर्भ (gárbha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡəɾbʱ/, [ɡɐɾbʱ]

Noun

गर्भ • (garbh) m (Urdu spelling گربھ)

1. womb

Derived terms

• गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā)
• गर्भवती (garbhavtī)
• गर्भिणी (garbhiṇī)
• गर्भनली (garbhanlī)
• गर्भपात (garbhapāt)

Related terms

• गर्भाशय (garbhāśay)

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গৰ্ভ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬃᬪ (Balinese script)
• গর্ভ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰨𑰿𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀪 (Brahmi script)
• ဂရ်္ဘ (Burmese script)
• ગર્ભ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਰ੍ਭ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌰𑍍𑌭 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦂꦨ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂩𑂹𑂦 (Kaithi script)
• ಗರ್ಭ (Kannada script)
• គភ៌ (Khmer script)
• ຄຣ຺ຠ (Lao script)
• ഗര്ഭ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᡵᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘨𑘿𑘥 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᠷᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧈𑧠𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐬𑑂𑐨 (Newa script)
• ଗର୍ଭ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢬ꣄ꢩ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆫𑇀𑆨 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖨𑖿𑖥 (Siddham script)
• ගර්‍භ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩼 𑪙𑩳 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚤𑚶𑚡 (Takri script)
• க³ர்ப⁴ (Tamil script)
• గర్భ (Telugu script)
• ครฺภ (Thai script)
• ག་རྦྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒩𑓂𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨫𑩇𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gárbʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gárbʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷólbʰ-o-s, from *gʷelbʰ- (“womb”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡𐬀‎ (gar^əβa‎), Ancient Greek δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ́ɾ.bʱɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐɾ.bʱɐ/

Noun

गर्भ • (gárbha) stem, m

1. fetus, embryo
2. conception
3. womb
4. child
5. offspring, descent

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गर्भ (gárbha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गर्भः gárbhaḥ	गर्भौ / गर्भा¹ gárbhau / gárbhā¹	गर्भाः / गर्भासः¹ gárbhāḥ / gárbhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	गर्भ gárbha	गर्भौ / गर्भा¹ gárbhau / gárbhā¹	गर्भाः / गर्भासः¹ gárbhāḥ / gárbhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	गर्भम् gárbham	गर्भौ / गर्भा¹ gárbhau / gárbhā¹	गर्भान् gárbhān
Instrumental	गर्भेण gárbheṇa	गर्भाभ्याम् gárbhābhyām	गर्भैः / गर्भेभिः¹ gárbhaiḥ / gárbhebhiḥ¹
Dative	गर्भाय gárbhāya	गर्भाभ्याम् gárbhābhyām	गर्भेभ्यः gárbhebhyaḥ
Ablative	गर्भात् gárbhāt	गर्भाभ्याम् gárbhābhyām	गर्भेभ्यः gárbhebhyaḥ
Genitive	गर्भस्य gárbhasya	गर्भयोः gárbhayoḥ	गर्भाणाम् gárbhāṇām
Locative	गर्भे gárbhe	गर्भयोः gárbhayoḥ	गर्भेषु gárbheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: gabbha
• → Kannada: ಗರ್ಭ (garbha)
• → Khmer: គភ៌ (kɔə)
• → Lao: ຄັນ (khan)
• ⇒ Telugu: గర్భము (garbhamu)
• → Thai: ครรภ์ (kan)

References

• “ग॑भ” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 150, column 1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गर्भ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 083
• Monier Williams (1899) “गर्भ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 349, column 2.
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 284