हेरम्ब

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হেৰম্ব (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬾᬭᬫ᭄ᬩ (Balinese script)
• হেরম্ব (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰸𑰨𑰦𑰿𑰤 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑁂𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀩 (Brahmi script)
• ဟေရမ္ဗ (Burmese script)
• હેરમ્બ (Gujarati script)
• ਹੇਰਮ੍ਬ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍇𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌬 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦺꦫꦩ꧀ꦧ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂵𑂩𑂧𑂹𑂥 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೇರಮ್ಬ (Kannada script)
• ហេរម្ព (Khmer script)
• ເຫຣມ຺ພ (Lao script)
• ഹേരമ്ബ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡝᡵᠠᠮᠪᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘹𑘨𑘦𑘿𑘤 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠧᠷᠠᠮᠪᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧚𑧈𑧆𑧠𑧄 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐾𑐬𑐩𑑂𑐧 (Newa script)
• ହେରମ୍ବ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢾꢬꢪ꣄ꢨ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆼𑆫𑆩𑇀𑆧 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖸𑖨𑖦𑖿𑖤 (Siddham script)
• හෙරම‍්බ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩔𑩼𑩴 𑪙𑩲 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚲𑚤𑚢𑚶𑚠 (Takri script)
• ஹேரம்ப³ (Tamil script)
• హేరమ్బ (Telugu script)
• เหรมฺพ (Thai script)
• ཧེ་ར་མྦ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒹𑒩𑒧𑓂𑒥 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨄𑨫𑨢𑩇𑨠 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦeː.ɾɐm.bɐ/

Noun

हेरम्ब • (heramba) stem, m

1. a buffalo (Mālatīm.)
2. a boastful hero (L.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हेरम्ब

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हेरम्बः (herambaḥ)	हेरम्बौ (herambau)	हेरम्बाः (herambāḥ)
accusative	हेरम्बम् (herambam)	हेरम्बौ (herambau)	हेरम्बान् (herambān)
instrumental	हेरम्बेण (herambeṇa)	हेरम्बाभ्याम् (herambābhyām)	हेरम्बैः (herambaiḥ)
dative	हेरम्बाय (herambāya)	हेरम्बाभ्याम् (herambābhyām)	हेरम्बेभ्यः (herambebhyaḥ)
ablative	हेरम्बात् (herambāt)	हेरम्बाभ्याम् (herambābhyām)	हेरम्बेभ्यः (herambebhyaḥ)
genitive	हेरम्बस्य (herambasya)	हेरम्बयोः (herambayoḥ)	हेरम्बाणाम् (herambāṇām)
locative	हेरम्बे (herambe)	हेरम्बयोः (herambayoḥ)	हेरम्बेषु (herambeṣu)
vocative	हेरम्ब (heramba)	हेरम्बौ (herambau)	हेरम्बाः (herambāḥ)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀳𑁂𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀩 (heramba, “buffalo”)

Proper noun

हेरम्ब • (heramba) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) name of Ganesha

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हेरम्ब

	singular
nominative	हेरम्बः (herambaḥ)
accusative	हेरम्बम् (herambam)
instrumental	हेरम्बेण (herambeṇa)
dative	हेरम्बाय (herambāya)
ablative	हेरम्बात् (herambāt)
genitive	हेरम्बस्य (herambasya)
locative	हेरम्बे (herambe)
vocative	हेरम्ब (heramba)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀳𑁂𑀭𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀩 (herimba, “name of Ganesha”)
• → English: Heramba
• → Telugu: హేరంబుడు (hērambuḍu)

References

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 544
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “हेरम्ब”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899), “हेरम्ब”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1305, column 2.