अम्बु

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Uncertain. The hapax legomenon कियाम्बु (kiyāmbu, water-lily) appears to be a prefixed form of this word. Together with it and अम्भस् (ámbhas), it may be of substrate origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

अम्बु • (ambu) stemn

  1. water
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जल