गर्भिणी
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গৰ্ভিণী (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬃᬪᬶᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
- গর্ভিণী (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰨𑰿𑰥𑰰𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ဂရ်္ဘိဏီ (Burmese script)
- ગર્ભિણી (Gujarati script)
- ਗਰ੍ਭਿਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌿𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦂꦨꦶꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂩𑂹𑂦𑂱𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಗರ್ಭಿಣೀ (Kannada script)
- គភ៌ិណី (Khmer script)
- ຄຣ຺ຠິຓີ (Lao script)
- ഗര്ഭിണീ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᡵᢨᡳᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘨𑘿𑘥𑘱𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᠷᠪᠾᠢᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧈𑧠𑧅𑧒𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐬𑑂𑐨𑐶𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଗର୍ଭିଣୀ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢬ꣄ꢩꢶꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆫𑇀𑆨𑆴𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖨𑖿𑖥𑖰𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ගර්භිණී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩼 𑪙𑩳𑩑𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚤𑚶𑚡𑚮𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
- க³ர்பி⁴ணீ (Tamil script)
- గర్భిణీ (Telugu script)
- ครฺภิณี (Thai script)
- ག་རྦྷི་ཎཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒩𑓂𑒦𑒱𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨫𑩇𑨡𑨁𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From गर्भ॒ (gárbha, “fetus, embryo”) + -इनी (-inī).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐɾ.bʱí.ɳiː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɐɾ.bʱi.ɳiː/
Adjective
ग॒र्भिणी॑ • (garbhíṇī)
- feminine of ग॒र्भिन्॑ (garbhín, “pregnant, impregnated; filled with”)
Noun
ग॒र्भिणी॑ • (garbhíṇī) stem, f
- a pregnant woman
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.29.2:
- अ॒रण्यो॒र् निहि॑तो जा॒तवे॑दा॒ गर्भ॑ इव॒ सुधि॑तो ग॒र्भिणी॑षु ।
दि॒वे दि॑व॒ ईड्यो॑ जागृ॒वद्भि॑र् ह॒विष्म॑द्भिर् मनु॒ष्ये॑भिर् अ॒ग्निः ॥- aráṇyor níhito jātávedā gárbha iva súdhito garbhíṇīṣu.
divé diva ī́ḍyo jāgṛvádbhir havíṣmadbhir manuṣyèbhir agníḥ. - Jātavedas (Agni) is present in the two rubbing-sticks, just like a well-set embryo in pregnant women;
He, Agni, worthy of being exalted day by day by men who watch and worship with oblations.
- aráṇyor níhito jātávedā gárbha iva súdhito garbhíṇīṣu.
- अ॒रण्यो॒र् निहि॑तो जा॒तवे॑दा॒ गर्भ॑ इव॒ सुधि॑तो ग॒र्भिणी॑षु ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ग॒र्भिणी॑ (garbhíṇī) | ग॒र्भिण्यौ॑ (garbhíṇyau) ग॒र्भिणी॑¹ (garbhíṇī¹) |
ग॒र्भिण्यः॑ (garbhíṇyaḥ) ग॒र्भिणीः॑¹ (garbhíṇīḥ¹) |
| accusative | ग॒र्भिणी॑म् (garbhíṇīm) | ग॒र्भिण्यौ॑ (garbhíṇyau) ग॒र्भिणी॑¹ (garbhíṇī¹) |
ग॒र्भिणीः॑ (garbhíṇīḥ) |
| instrumental | ग॒र्भिण्या॑ (garbhíṇyā) | ग॒र्भिणी॑भ्याम् (garbhíṇībhyām) | ग॒र्भिणी॑भिः (garbhíṇībhiḥ) |
| dative | ग॒र्भिण्यै॑ (garbhíṇyai) | ग॒र्भिणी॑भ्याम् (garbhíṇībhyām) | ग॒र्भिणी॑भ्यः (garbhíṇībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ग॒र्भिण्याः॑ (garbhíṇyāḥ) ग॒र्भिण्यै॑² (garbhíṇyai²) |
ग॒र्भिणी॑भ्याम् (garbhíṇībhyām) | ग॒र्भिणी॑भ्यः (garbhíṇībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ग॒र्भिण्याः॑ (garbhíṇyāḥ) ग॒र्भिण्यै॑² (garbhíṇyai²) |
ग॒र्भिण्योः॑ (garbhíṇyoḥ) | ग॒र्भिणी॑नाम् (garbhíṇīnām) |
| locative | ग॒र्भिण्या॑म् (garbhíṇyām) | ग॒र्भिण्योः॑ (garbhíṇyoḥ) | ग॒र्भिणी॑षु (garbhíṇīṣu) |
| vocative | गर्भि॑णि (gárbhiṇi) | गर्भि॑ण्यौ (gárbhiṇyau) गर्भि॑णी¹ (gárbhiṇī¹) |
गर्भि॑ण्यः (gárbhiṇyaḥ) गर्भि॑णीः¹ (gárbhiṇīḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
Inherited terms
Borrowed terms
- → Assamese: গৰ্ভিণী (gorbhini)
- → Bengali: গর্ভিণী (gorbhini)
- → Gujarati: ગર્ભિણી (garbhiṇī)
- → Hindi: गर्भिणी (garbhiṇī)
- → Kannada: ಗರ್ಭಿಣಿ (garbhiṇi)
- → Maithili: garbhiṇī
- Devanagari script: गर्भिणी
- Tirhuta script: 𑒑𑒩𑓂𑒦𑒱𑒝𑒲
- → Malayalam: ഗർഭിണി (gaṟbhiṇi)
- → Marathi:
- Devanagari script: गर्भिणी (garbhiṇī)
- Modi script: 𑘐𑘨𑘿𑘥𑘲𑘜𑘲 (garbhīṇī)
- → Odia: ଗର୍ଭିଣୀ (garbhiṇi)
- → Tamil: கருப்பிணி (karuppiṇi)
- → Telugu: గర్భిణి (garbhiṇi)
- → Tulu: ಗರ್ಭಿಣಿ (garbhiṇi)
References
More information
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “गर्भिणी”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 653
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “गर्भिन्-î”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 83
- Monier Williams (1899), “Garbhiṇī”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 350, column 2.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “garbhíṇī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 217