नभस्
Sanskrit
FWOTD – 16 October 2021
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নভস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬪᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- নভস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰥𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀪𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- နဘသ် (Burmese script)
- નભસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਭਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌭𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦨꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂦𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ನಭಸ್ (Kannada script)
- នភស៑ (Khmer script)
- ນຠສ຺ (Lao script)
- നഭസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᢨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘥𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᠪᠾᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧅𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐨𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ନଭସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢩꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆨𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖥𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- නභස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩳𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚡𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- நப⁴ஸ் (Tamil script)
- నభస్ (Telugu script)
- นภสฺ (Thai script)
- ན་བྷ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒦𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨡𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *nábʰas (“cloud, mist”), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos. Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬠𐬀𐬵 (nabah), Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos), Latin nebula, Hittite 𒉈𒂊𒁉𒅖 (nēpis).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /nɐ́.bʱɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪ɐ.bʱɐs̪/
Noun
नभ॑स् • (nábhas) stem, n
- mist, fog, clouds, vapour
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.96.6:
- तं शग्मासो अरुषासो अश्वा बृहस्पतिं सहवाहो वहन्ति।
सहश्चिद्यस्य नीलवत्सधस्थं नभो न रूपमरुषं वसानाः॥- taṃ śagmāso aruṣāso aśvā bṛhaspatiṃ sahavāho vahanti.
sahaścidyasya nīlavatsadhasthaṃ nabho na rūpamaruṣaṃ vasānāḥ. - Him, this Bṛhaspati, his red-hued horses, drawing together, full of strength, bring hither.
Robed in red colour like the cloud, they carry the Lord of Might whose friendship gives a dwelling.
- taṃ śagmāso aruṣāso aśvā bṛhaspatiṃ sahavāho vahanti.
- तं शग्मासो अरुषासो अश्वा बृहस्पतिं सहवाहो वहन्ति।
- the sky or atmosphere (in dual: heaven and earth)
- ether (as an element)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | नभः॑ (nábhaḥ) | नभ॑सी (nábhasī) | नभां॑सि (nábhāṃsi) |
| accusative | नभः॑ (nábhaḥ) | नभ॑सी (nábhasī) | नभां॑सि (nábhāṃsi) |
| instrumental | नभ॑सा (nábhasā) | नभो॑भ्याम् (nábhobhyām) | नभो॑भिः (nábhobhiḥ) |
| dative | नभ॑से (nábhase) | नभो॑भ्याम् (nábhobhyām) | नभो॑भ्यः (nábhobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | नभ॑सः (nábhasaḥ) | नभो॑भ्याम् (nábhobhyām) | नभो॑भ्यः (nábhobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | नभ॑सः (nábhasaḥ) | नभ॑सोः (nábhasoḥ) | नभ॑साम् (nábhasām) |
| locative | नभ॑सि (nábhasi) | नभ॑सोः (nábhasoḥ) | नभः॑सु (nábhaḥsu) |
| vocative | नभः॑ (nábhaḥ) | नभ॑सी (nábhasī) | नभां॑सि (nábhāṃsi) |
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “नभस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 527.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “नभस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 877
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “nábhas-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 400