शब्द

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit शब्द (śábda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃəbd̪]

Noun

शब्द • (śabd) m — Urdu spelling شبد

1. word, term

   यह शब्द हिन्दी में काफी प्रयुक्त होता है।

   Yeh śabd Hindi mẽ kāphī prayukt hotā hai.

   This word is used a lot in Hindi.

2. sound

   झरनों का धीमा शब्द जंगल में गूँजता।

   The soft sound of springs echoes through the forest.

Declension

Declension of शब्द

	singular		plural
direct	शब्द (śabd)		शब्द (śabd)
indirect	शब्द (śabd)		शब्दों (śabdõ)
vocative	शब्द (śabd)		शब्दो (śabdo)

Synonyms

• (word): लफ़्ज़ (lafz)
• (sound): ध्वनि (dhvani)

Derived terms

• शब्दकोश
• शब्दकार
• शब्दवीर
• शब्दहीन
  • शब्दहीनता

References

• शब्द in Bahri, Hardev (1989), Learners' Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: Rajpal & Sons)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

Probably from शपति (śapati, “to curse; swear”).

Noun

शब्द (śábda) m

1. sound, noise, voice, tone, note
2. a word
3. speech, language
4. the right word, correct expression
5. the sacred syllable Om
6. (grammar) a declinable word or a word-termination, affix
7. a name, appellation, title
8. a technical term
9. verbal communication or testimony, oral tradition, verbal authority or evidence

Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of शब्द

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शब्दः (śábdaḥ)	शब्दौ (śábdau)	शब्दाः (śábdāḥ)
Vocative	शब्द (śábda)	शब्दौ (śábdau)	शब्दाः (śábdāḥ)
Accusative	शब्दम् (śábdam)	शब्दौ (śábdau)	शब्दान् (śábdān)
Instrumental	शब्देन (śábdena)	शब्दाभ्याम् (śábdābhyām)	शब्दैः (śábdaiḥ)
Dative	शब्दाय (śábdāya)	शब्दाभ्याम् (śábdābhyām)	शब्देभ्यः (śábdebhyaḥ)
Ablative	शब्दात् (śábdāt)	शब्दाभ्याम् (śábdābhyām)	शब्देभ्यः (śábdebhyaḥ)
Genitive	शब्दस्य (śábdasya)	शब्दयोः (śábdayoḥ)	शब्दानाम् (śábdānām)
Locative	शब्दे (śábde)	शब्दयोः (śábdayoḥ)	शब्देषु (śábdeṣu)

Descendants

• Kannada: ಶಬ್ದ (śabda)
• Telugu: శబ్దం (śabdam)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 1052
• Manfred Mayrhofer (1956–1980), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen. A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary, in 4 vols, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, volume III, page 296