सभा

See also: सभी

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit सभा (sabhā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sə.bʱɑː/, [s̪ə.bʱäː]

Noun

सभा • (sabhā) f (Urdu spelling سبھا‎)

1. assembly, council
2. meeting

   सभा समाप्त होने पर हम दोनों गाड़ी लौटे

   sabhā samāpt hone par ham donõ gāṛī lauṭe

   Once the meeting had ended, we both returned to the car

3. association

Declension

Declension of सभा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सभा sabhā	सभाएँ sabhāẽ
oblique	सभा sabhā	सभाओं sabhāõ
vocative	सभा sabhā	सभाओ sabhāo

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• sabhā (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀪𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• সভা (Bengali script)
• සභා (Sinhalese script)
• သဘာ or သꧤႃ (Burmese script)
• สภา or สะภา (Thai script)
• ᩈᨽᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ສຠາ or ສະຠາ (Lao script)
• សភា (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄞𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

सभा f

1. Devanagari script form of sabhā

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬲᬪᬵ (Balinese script)
• সভা (Assamese script)
• সভা (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰥𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀪𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑌭𑌾 (Grantha script)
• સભા (Gujarati script)
• ਸਭਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦱꦨꦴ (Javanese script)
• សភា (Khmer script)
• ಸಭಾ (Kannada script)
• ສຠາ (Lao script)
• സഭാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘭𑘥𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠪᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᠰᠠᢨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• သဘာ (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑧅𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐨𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସଭା (Oriya script)
• ꢱꢩꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆨𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖥𑖯 (Siddham script)
• සභා (Sinhalese script)
• సభా (Telugu script)
• สภา (Thai script)
• ས་བྷཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒦𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.bʱɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ.bʱɑː/

Noun

सभा • (sabhā) f

1. an assembly, congregation, meeting, council, public audience
2. social party, society, good society
3. a place for public meetings, large assembly-room or hall, palace, court of a king or of justice, council-chamber, gambling-house
4. a house for lodging and accommodating travellers

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of सभा (sabhā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सभा sabhā	सभे sabhe	सभाः sabhāḥ
Vocative	सभे sabhe	सभे sabhe	सभाः sabhāḥ
Accusative	सभाम् sabhām	सभे sabhe	सभाः sabhāḥ
Instrumental	सभया / सभा¹ sabhayā / sabhā¹	सभाभ्याम् sabhābhyām	सभाभिः sabhābhiḥ
Dative	सभायै sabhāyai	सभाभ्याम् sabhābhyām	सभाभ्यः sabhābhyaḥ
Ablative	सभायाः sabhāyāḥ	सभाभ्याम् sabhābhyām	सभाभ्यः sabhābhyaḥ
Genitive	सभायाः sabhāyāḥ	सभयोः sabhayoḥ	सभानाम् sabhānām
Locative	सभायाम् sabhāyām	सभयोः sabhayoḥ	सभासु sabhāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• देवसभा (devasabhā)
• धर्मसभा (dharmasabhā)

 

Descendants

• Pali: sabhā
• → Malayalam: സഭ (sabha) (semi-learned)
• → Old Javanese: sabhā
  • Javanese: ꦱꦧ (saba), ꦱꦺꦧ (séba)
  • → Balinese: ᬲᬪᬵ (saba)
• → Telugu: సభ (sabha)