दर्भ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দৰ্ভ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬃᬪ (Balinese script)
• দর্ভ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰨𑰿𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀭𑁆𑀪 (Brahmi script)
• ဒရ်္ဘ (Burmese script)
• દર્ભ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਰ੍ਭ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌭 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦂꦨ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂩𑂹𑂦 (Kaithi script)
• ದರ್ಭ (Kannada script)
• ទភ៌ (Khmer script)
• ທຣ຺ຠ (Lao script)
• ദര്ഭ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠᡵᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘨𑘿𑘥 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᠷᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧈𑧠𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐬𑑂𑐨 (Newa script)
• ଦର୍ଭ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢬ꣄ꢩ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆫𑇀𑆨 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖨𑖿𑖥 (Siddham script)
• දර්‍භ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩼 𑪙𑩳 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚤𑚶𑚡 (Takri script)
• த³ர்ப⁴ (Tamil script)
• దర్భ (Telugu script)
• ทรฺภ (Thai script)
• ད་རྦྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒩𑓂𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨫𑩇𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *dorbʰós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *darbʰás

Sanskrit दर्भ

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *darbʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *darbʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dorbʰós.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐɾ.bʱɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐɾ.bʱɐ/

Noun

द॒र्भ • (darbhá) stem, m (root दृभ्)

1. a tuft or bunch of grass (especially of कुश (kuśa) grass, used for sacrificial purposes)
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda i.191.3
2. name of a grass (different from कुश (kuśa) and काश (kāśa)), Imperata cylindrica
   • Suṡr i.38

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of द॒र्भ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	द॒र्भः (darbháḥ)	द॒र्भौ (darbháu) द॒र्भा¹ (darbhā́¹)	द॒र्भाः (darbhā́ḥ) द॒र्भासः॑¹ (darbhā́saḥ¹)
accusative	द॒र्भम् (darbhám)	द॒र्भौ (darbháu) द॒र्भा¹ (darbhā́¹)	द॒र्भान् (darbhā́n)
instrumental	द॒र्भेण॑ (darbhéṇa)	द॒र्भाभ्या॑म् (darbhā́bhyām)	द॒र्भैः (darbháiḥ) द॒र्भेभिः॑¹ (darbhébhiḥ¹)
dative	द॒र्भाय॑ (darbhā́ya)	द॒र्भाभ्या॑म् (darbhā́bhyām)	द॒र्भेभ्यः॑ (darbhébhyaḥ)
ablative	द॒र्भात् (darbhā́t)	द॒र्भाभ्या॑म् (darbhā́bhyām)	द॒र्भेभ्यः॑ (darbhébhyaḥ)
genitive	द॒र्भस्य॑ (darbhásya)	द॒र्भयोः॑ (darbháyoḥ)	द॒र्भाणा॑म् (darbhā́ṇām)
locative	द॒र्भे (darbhé)	द॒र्भयोः॑ (darbháyoḥ)	द॒र्भेषु॑ (darbhéṣu)
vocative	दर्भ॑ (dárbha)	दर्भौ॑ (dárbhau) दर्भा॑¹ (dárbhā¹)	दर्भाः॑ (dárbhāḥ) दर्भा॑सः¹ (dárbhāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: दब्भ (dabbha)
• Prakrit: दब्भ (dabbha), डब्भ (ḍabbha)
  • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Hindustani:
      • Hindi: दाभ (dābh)
      • Urdu: دابھ (dābh)
  • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
    • Punjabi: ਦੱਭ (dabbha)
  • Western Indo-Aryan:
    • Gujarati: દાભ (dābh), ડાભ (ḍābh)
    • Romani: drabarel
• → Telugu: దర్భ (darbha)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “दर्भ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.