डोम्ब
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- डोम (ḍoma)
- डुम्ब (ḍumba)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Sanskrit डिण्डिम (ḍiṇḍima)?
Sanskrit डोम्ब
Unknown, ultimately probably borrowed from substrate. Some theories:
- Mayrhofer suggests derivation from various, probably onomatopoeic, terms for musical instruments, e.g. डिण्डिम (ḍiṇḍima), दु॒न्दु॒भि (dundubhí, “kind of drum”); compare semantically analogous Tamil பறையர் (paṟaiyar, “Paraiyar caste”) < பறை (paṟai, “drum”).[1][2] Also consider डमरु (ḍamaru, “drum”).
- Kuiper argues for a Munda loan, but this is unsupported.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɖoːm.bɐ/
Noun
डोम्ब • (ḍomba) stem, m (feminine डोम्बिनी) [3][4]
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | डोम्बः (ḍombaḥ) | डोम्बौ (ḍombau) | डोम्बाः (ḍombāḥ) |
| accusative | डोम्बम् (ḍombam) | डोम्बौ (ḍombau) | डोम्बान् (ḍombān) |
| instrumental | डोम्बेन (ḍombena) | डोम्बाभ्याम् (ḍombābhyām) | डोम्बैः (ḍombaiḥ) |
| dative | डोम्बाय (ḍombāya) | डोम्बाभ्याम् (ḍombābhyām) | डोम्बेभ्यः (ḍombebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | डोम्बात् (ḍombāt) | डोम्बाभ्याम् (ḍombābhyām) | डोम्बेभ्यः (ḍombebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | डोम्बस्य (ḍombasya) | डोम्बयोः (ḍombayoḥ) | डोम्बानाम् (ḍombānām) |
| locative | डोम्बे (ḍombe) | डोम्बयोः (ḍombayoḥ) | डोम्बेषु (ḍombeṣu) |
| vocative | डोम्ब (ḍomba) | डोम्बौ (ḍombau) | डोम्बाः (ḍombāḥ) |
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀟𑁄𑀁𑀩 (ḍoṃba), 𑀟𑀼𑀁𑀩 (ḍuṃba)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali-Assamese:
- Assamese: ডোম (düm)
- Bengali: ডোম (ḍōm, “caste engaged in cremation”)
- Odia: ଡମ (ḍama), ଡୋମ (ḍoma)
- Bengali-Assamese:
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Nepali: डुम (ḍum)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਡੋਮ (ḍom), ਡੋਮਡ਼ਾ (ḍomṛā)
- Sindhi:
- Arabic script: ڏۇمُ
- Punjabi:
- Western Indo-Aryan:
- Romani: rrom (“man”), rom, řom (Pan-Vlax), ⇒ rromni (“woman”), romni, romnyi, řomni
- Angloromani: rom
- → Bulgarian: ром (rom)
- → Czech: Rom
- → Dutch: Rom
- → English: Rom
- → French: Rom
- → German: Rom
- → Greek: Ρομ (Rom)
- → Polish: Rom
- → Portuguese: rom
- → Romanian: rom
- → Serbo-Croatian: Róm
- → Slovak: Róm
- → Swedish: rom
- → Ukrainian: ром (rom)
- Caló: romí
- Romani: rrom (“man”), rom, řom (Pan-Vlax), ⇒ rromni (“woman”), romni, romnyi, řomni
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Marathi: डोंब (ḍomba)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956), “ḍombaḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 464
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “ḍomba-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 232
- ^ Monier Williams (1899), “डोम्ब”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ḍōmba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 314