उभ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- উভ (Assamese script)
- ᬉᬪ (Balinese script)
- উভ (Bengali script)
- 𑰄𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀉𑀪 (Brahmi script)
- ဥဘ (Burmese script)
- ઉભ (Gujarati script)
- ਉਭ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌉𑌭 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦨ (Javanese script)
- 𑂇𑂦 (Kaithi script)
- ಉಭ (Kannada script)
- ឧភ (Khmer script)
- ອຸຠ (Lao script)
- ഉഭ (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘄𑘥 (Modi script)
- ᠤᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦤𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐄𑐨 (Newa script)
- ଉଭ (Odia script)
- ꢆꢩ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆇𑆨 (Sharada script)
- 𑖄𑖥 (Siddham script)
- උභ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑩳 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚄𑚡 (Takri script)
- உப⁴ (Tamil script)
- ఉభ (Telugu script)
- อุภ (Thai script)
- ཨུ་བྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒅𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HubʰáH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ubʰóh₁ (“both”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄμφω (ámphō), Latin ambō, Russian о́ба (óba), Latvian abi, Tocharian A āmpi.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /u.bʱɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /u.bʱɐ/
Determiner
उभ • (ubhá)
- both; each of the two
- Synonym: उभय (ubhaya)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.96.2:
- उ॒भे यत्ते॑ महि॒ना शु॑भ्रे॒ अन्ध॑सी अधिक्षि॒यन्ति॑ पू॒रवः॑ ।
सा नो॑ बोध्यवि॒त्री म॒रुत्स॑खा॒ चोद॒ राधो॑ म॒घोना॑म् ॥- ubhé yátte mahinā́ śubhre ándhasī adhikṣiyánti pūrávaḥ.
sā́ no bodhyavitrī́ marútsakhā códa rā́dho maghónām. - When in the fulness of their strength the Pūrus dwell, Beauteous One, on thy two grassy banks,
Favour us thou who hast the Maruts for thy friends: stir up the bounty of our chiefs.
- ubhé yátte mahinā́ śubhre ándhasī adhikṣiyánti pūrávaḥ.
- उ॒भे यत्ते॑ महि॒ना शु॑भ्रे॒ अन्ध॑सी अधिक्षि॒यन्ति॑ पू॒रवः॑ ।
Declension
| dual | |
|---|---|
| nominative | उ॒भौ (ubháu) उ॒भा¹ (ubhā́¹) |
| accusative | उ॒भौ (ubháu) उ॒भा¹ (ubhā́¹) |
| instrumental | उ॒भाभ्या॑म् (ubhā́bhyām) |
| dative | उ॒भाभ्या॑म् (ubhā́bhyām) |
| ablative | उ॒भाभ्या॑म् (ubhā́bhyām) |
| genitive | उ॒भयोः॑ (ubháyoḥ) |
| locative | उ॒भयोः॑ (ubháyoḥ) |
| vocative | उभौ॑ (úbhau) उभा॑¹ (úbhā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “उभ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 216, column 2.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “ubh”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.