सब

See also: सबै, सेब, सेबो, सूबा, and सेबों

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀩𑁆𑀩 (sabba), 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯 (savva), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯 (savva), 𑀲𑀭𑁆𑀯 (sarva), from Sanskrit सर्व (sárva), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sárwas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárwas, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-wó-s, from *solh₂- (“whole”). Doublet of हर (har) and सर्व (sarv). Cognate with Kamkata-viri suv, Persian هر (har).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /səb/, [sɐb]

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• Rhymes: -əb

Determiner

सब • (sab) (Urdu spelling سب)

1. all
2. every

Pronoun

सब • (sab) m (Urdu spelling سب)

1. all; everyone, everybody

   सब को पता है मैं कौन हूँ।

   sab ko patā hai ma͠i kaun hū̃.

   Everybody knows who I am.

Declension

Declension of सब

direct	सब (sab)
indirect	सब (sab)
ergative	सबने (sabne)
genitive	सबका (sabko)
dative	सबको (sabko)
instrumental/ ablative	सबसे (sabse)
inessive	सबमें (sabmẽ)
adessive	सबपे, सबपर (sabpe, sabpar)
terminative	सबतक (sabtak)
semblative	सबसा (sabsā)

Derived terms

• सभी (sabhī)
• सब कुछ (sab kuch)

Adjective

सब • (sab) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling سب)

1. of all

   Synonym: सारा (sārā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʌb]
• Phonetic Devanagari: सब्

Adjective

सब • (sab)

1. all, every

Pronoun

सब • (sab)

1. everyone, everything