अलाबु
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অলাবু (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬮᬵᬩᬸ (Balinese script)
- অলাবু (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰩𑰯𑰤𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀮𑀸𑀩𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- အလာဗု (Burmese script)
- અલાબુ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਲਾਬੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌲𑌾𑌬𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦭꦴꦧꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂪𑂰𑂥𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಲಾಬು (Kannada script)
- អលាពុ (Khmer script)
- ອລາພຸ (Lao script)
- അലാബു (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠯᠠ᠊ᠠᠪᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘩𑘰𑘤𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠯᠠᢗᠪᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧉𑧑𑧄𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐮𑐵𑐧𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଅଲାବୁ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢭꢵꢨꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆬𑆳𑆧𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖩𑖯𑖤𑖲 (Siddham script)
- අලාබු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩽𑩛𑩲𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚥𑚭𑚠𑚰 (Takri script)
- அலாபு³ (Tamil script)
- అలాబు (Telugu script)
- อลาพุ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ལཱ་བུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒪𑒰𑒥𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨬𑨊𑨠𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of Austroasiatic origin (Proto-Mon-Khmer *rbaw, *baw (“gourd”)).[1] Compare Vietnamese bầu.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɑ́ː.bu/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.l̪ɑː.bu/
Noun
अ॒लाबु॑ • (alā́bu) stem, f
- the bottle gourd
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अ॒लाबुः॑ (alā́buḥ) | अ॒लाबू॑ (alā́bū) | अ॒लाब॑वः (alā́bavaḥ) |
| accusative | अ॒लाबु॑म् (alā́bum) | अ॒लाबू॑ (alā́bū) | अ॒लाबूः॑ (alā́būḥ) |
| instrumental | अ॒लाब्वा॑ (alā́bvā) | अ॒लाबु॑भ्याम् (alā́bubhyām) | अ॒लाबु॑भिः (alā́bubhiḥ) |
| dative | अ॒लाब॑वे (alā́bave) अ॒लाब्वै॑¹ (alā́bvai¹) |
अ॒लाबु॑भ्याम् (alā́bubhyām) | अ॒लाबु॑भ्यः (alā́bubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अ॒लाबोः॑ (alā́boḥ) अ॒लाब्वाः॑¹ (alā́bvāḥ¹) अ॒लाब्वै॑² (alā́bvai²) |
अ॒लाबु॑भ्याम् (alā́bubhyām) | अ॒लाबु॑भ्यः (alā́bubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अ॒लाबोः॑ (alā́boḥ) अ॒लाब्वाः॑¹ (alā́bvāḥ¹) अ॒लाब्वै॑² (alā́bvai²) |
अ॒लाब्वोः॑ (alā́bvoḥ) | अ॒लाबू॑नाम् (alā́būnām) |
| locative | अ॒लाबौ॑ (alā́bau) अ॒लाब्वा॑म्¹ (alā́bvām¹) |
अ॒लाब्वोः॑ (alā́bvoḥ) | अ॒लाबु॑षु (alā́buṣu) |
| vocative | अला॑बो (álābo) | अला॑बू (álābū) | अला॑बवः (álābavaḥ) |
- ¹Later Sanskrit
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Noun
अ॒लाबु॑ • (alā́bu) stem, n
- a vessel made of the bottle gourd
- the fruit of the bottle gourd
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अ॒लाबु॑ (alā́bu) | अ॒लाबु॑नी (alā́bunī) | अ॒लाबू॑नि (alā́būni) अ॒लाबु॑¹ (alā́bu¹) अ॒लाबू॑¹ (alā́bū¹) |
| accusative | अ॒लाबु॑ (alā́bu) | अ॒लाबु॑नी (alā́bunī) | अ॒लाबू॑नि (alā́būni) अ॒लाबु॑¹ (alā́bu¹) अ॒लाबू॑¹ (alā́bū¹) |
| instrumental | अ॒लाबु॑ना (alā́bunā) अ॒लाब्वा॑¹ (alā́bvā¹) |
अ॒लाबु॑भ्याम् (alā́bubhyām) | अ॒लाबु॑भिः (alā́bubhiḥ) |
| dative | अ॒लाबु॑ने (alā́bune) अ॒लाब॑वे¹ (alā́bave¹) अ॒लाब्वे॑¹ (alā́bve¹) |
अ॒लाबु॑भ्याम् (alā́bubhyām) | अ॒लाबु॑भ्यः (alā́bubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अ॒लाबु॑नः (alā́bunaḥ) अ॒लाबोः॑¹ (alā́boḥ¹) अ॒लाब्वः॑¹ (alā́bvaḥ¹) |
अ॒लाबु॑भ्याम् (alā́bubhyām) | अ॒लाबु॑भ्यः (alā́bubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अ॒लाबु॑नः (alā́bunaḥ) अ॒लाबोः॑¹ (alā́boḥ¹) अ॒लाब्वः॑¹ (alā́bvaḥ¹) |
अ॒लाबु॑नोः (alā́bunoḥ) अ॒लाब्वोः॑¹ (alā́bvoḥ¹) |
अ॒लाबू॑नाम् (alā́būnām) |
| locative | अ॒लाबु॑नि (alā́buni) अ॒लाबौ॑¹ (alā́bau¹) |
अ॒लाबु॑नोः (alā́bunoḥ) अ॒लाब्वोः॑¹ (alā́bvoḥ¹) |
अ॒लाबु॑षु (alā́buṣu) |
| vocative | अला॑बु (álābu) अला॑बो (álābo) |
अला॑बुनी (álābunī) | अला॑बूनि (álābūni) अला॑बु¹ (álābu¹) अला॑बू¹ (álābū¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Ashokan Prakrit:
- → Hindi: लाबु (lābu) (learned, < Sanskrit लाबु (lābu))
- → Malay: labu (learned, < Sanskrit लाबु (lābu))
- Indonesian: labu
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “alā́bu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “अलाबु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 94, column 3.