स्तम्भ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

স্তম্ভ্ (Assamese script)
ᬲ᭄ᬢᬫ᭄ᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
স্তম্ভ্ (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰦𑰿𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀫𑁆𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
သ္တမ္ဘ် (Burmese script)
સ્તમ્ભ્ (Gujarati script)
ਸ੍ਤਮ੍ਭ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍍𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦱ꧀ꦠꦩ꧀ꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂧𑂹𑂦𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಸ್ತಮ್ಭ್ (Kannada script)
ស្តម្ភ៑ (Khmer script)
ສ຺ຕມ຺ຠ຺ (Lao script)
സ്തമ്ഭ് (Malayalam script)
ᠰᢠᠠᠮᢨ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘦𑘿𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠰᢐᠠᠮᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧆𑧠𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐩𑑂𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
ସ୍ତମ୍ଭ୍ (Odia script)
ꢱ꣄ꢡꢪ꣄ꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆩𑇀𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖦𑖿𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
ස‍්තම‍්භ් (Sinhalese script)
𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩴 𑪙𑩳 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚢𑚶𑚡𑚶 (Takri script)
ஸ்தம்ப்⁴ (Tamil script)
స్తమ్భ్ (Telugu script)
สฺตมฺภฺ (Thai script)
སྟ་མྦྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒧𑓂𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨢𑩇𑨡𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stand still, harden; prop up, support; pole”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *stьbъ (“stem, stalk”), Old Church Slavonic степень (stepenĭ, “stair”); English step, stop, stamp, stomp, stump, staff, stiff.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /stɐmbʱ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ɐmbʱ/

Root

स्तम्भ् • (stambh)

alternative form of स्तभ् (stabh)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “स्तम्भ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1258/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 754