दर्भ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দৰ্ভ (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬃᬪ (Balinese script)
- দর্ভ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰨𑰿𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀭𑁆𑀪 (Brahmi script)
- ဒရ်္ဘ (Burmese script)
- દર્ભ (Gujarati script)
- ਦਰ੍ਭ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌭 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦂꦨ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂩𑂹𑂦 (Kaithi script)
- ದರ್ಭ (Kannada script)
- ទភ៌ (Khmer script)
- ທຣ຺ຠ (Lao script)
- ദര്ഭ (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᠠᡵᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘨𑘿𑘥 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠠᠷᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧈𑧠𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐬𑑂𑐨 (Newa script)
- ଦର୍ଭ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢬ꣄ꢩ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆫𑇀𑆨 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖨𑖿𑖥 (Siddham script)
- දර්භ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩼 𑪙𑩳 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚤𑚶𑚡 (Takri script)
- த³ர்ப⁴ (Tamil script)
- దర్భ (Telugu script)
- ทรฺภ (Thai script)
- ད་རྦྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒩𑓂𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨫𑩇𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *darbʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *darbʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dorbʰós.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dɐɾ.bʱɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ɐɾ.bʱɐ/
Noun
द॒र्भ • (darbhá) stem, m (root दृभ्)
- a tuft or bunch of grass (especially of कुश (kuśa) grass, used for sacrificial purposes)
- name of a grass (different from कुश (kuśa) and काश (kāśa)), Imperata cylindrica
- Suṡr i.38
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | द॒र्भः (darbháḥ) | द॒र्भौ (darbháu) द॒र्भा¹ (darbhā́¹) |
द॒र्भाः (darbhā́ḥ) द॒र्भासः॑¹ (darbhā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | द॒र्भम् (darbhám) | द॒र्भौ (darbháu) द॒र्भा¹ (darbhā́¹) |
द॒र्भान् (darbhā́n) |
| instrumental | द॒र्भेण॑ (darbhéṇa) | द॒र्भाभ्या॑म् (darbhā́bhyām) | द॒र्भैः (darbháiḥ) द॒र्भेभिः॑¹ (darbhébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | द॒र्भाय॑ (darbhā́ya) | द॒र्भाभ्या॑म् (darbhā́bhyām) | द॒र्भेभ्यः॑ (darbhébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | द॒र्भात् (darbhā́t) | द॒र्भाभ्या॑म् (darbhā́bhyām) | द॒र्भेभ्यः॑ (darbhébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | द॒र्भस्य॑ (darbhásya) | द॒र्भयोः॑ (darbháyoḥ) | द॒र्भाणा॑म् (darbhā́ṇām) |
| locative | द॒र्भे (darbhé) | द॒र्भयोः॑ (darbháyoḥ) | द॒र्भेषु॑ (darbhéṣu) |
| vocative | दर्भ॑ (dárbha) | दर्भौ॑ (dárbhau) दर्भा॑¹ (dárbhā¹) |
दर्भाः॑ (dárbhāḥ) दर्भा॑सः¹ (dárbhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: दब्भ (dabbha)
- Prakrit: दब्भ (dabbha), डब्भ (ḍabbha)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: दाभ (dābh)
- Urdu: دابھ (dābh)
- Hindustani:
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi: ਦੱਭ (dabbha)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: દાભ (dābh), ડાભ (ḍābh)
- Romani: drabarel
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- → Telugu: దర్భ (darbha)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “दर्भ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.