उभ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

উভ (Assamese script)
ᬉᬪ (Balinese script)
উভ (Bengali script)
𑰄𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀉𑀪 (Brahmi script)
ဥဘ (Burmese script)
ઉભ (Gujarati script)
ਉਭ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌉𑌭 (Grantha script)
ꦈꦨ (Javanese script)
𑂇𑂦 (Kaithi script)
ಉಭ (Kannada script)
ឧភ (Khmer script)
ອຸຠ (Lao script)
ഉഭ (Malayalam script)
ᡠᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘄𑘥 (Modi script)
ᠤᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦤𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
𑐄𑐨 (Newa script)
ଉଭ (Odia script)
ꢆꢩ (Saurashtra script)
𑆇𑆨 (Sharada script)
𑖄𑖥 (Siddham script)
උභ (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩒𑩳 (Soyombo script)
𑚄𑚡 (Takri script)
உப⁴ (Tamil script)
ఉభ (Telugu script)
อุภ (Thai script)
ཨུ་བྷ (Tibetan script)
𑒅𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨃𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HubʰáH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ubʰóh₁ (“both”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄμφω (ámphō), Latin ambō, Russian о́ба (óba), Latvian abi, Tocharian A āmpi.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.bʱɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /u.bʱɐ/

Adjective

उभ • (ubhá) stem

both; each of the two
Synonym: उभय (ubhaya)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.96.2:
  उ॒भे यत्ते॑ महि॒ना शु॑भ्रे॒ अन्ध॑सी अधिक्षि॒यन्ति॑ पू॒रवः॑ ।
  सा नो॑ बोध्यवि॒त्री म॒रुत्स॑खा॒ चोद॒ राधो॑ म॒घोना॑म् ॥
  ubhé yátte mahinā́ śubhre ándhasī adhikṣiyánti pūrávaḥ.
  sā́ no bodhyavitrī́ marútsakhā códa rā́dho maghónām.
  When in the fulness of their strength the Pūrus dwell, Beauteous One, on thy two grassy banks,
  Favour us thou who hast the Maruts for thy friends: stir up the bounty of our chiefs.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उभ
	dual
nominative	उभौ (ubhaú) उभा¹ (ubhā́¹)
accusative	उभौ (ubhaú) उभा¹ (ubhā́¹)
instrumental	उभाभ्याम् (ubhā́bhyām)
dative	उभाभ्याम् (ubhā́bhyām)
ablative	उभाभ्याम् (ubhā́bhyām)
genitive	उभयोः (ubháyoḥ)
locative	उभयोः (ubháyoḥ)
vocative	उभौ (úbhau) उभा¹ (úbhā¹)

¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of उभा
	dual
nominative	उभे (ubhé)
accusative	उभे (ubhé)
instrumental	उभाभ्याम् (ubhā́bhyām)
dative	उभाभ्याम् (ubhā́bhyām)
ablative	उभाभ्याम् (ubhā́bhyām)
genitive	उभयोः (ubháyoḥ)
locative	उभयोः (ubháyoḥ)
vocative	उभे (úbhe)

Neuter a-stem declension of उभ
	dual
nominative	उभे (ubhé)
accusative	उभे (ubhé)
instrumental	उभाभ्याम् (ubhā́bhyām)
dative	उभाभ्याम् (ubhā́bhyām)
ablative	उभाभ्याम् (ubhā́bhyām)
genitive	उभयोः (ubháyoḥ)
locative	उभयोः (ubháyoḥ)
vocative	उभे (úbhe)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “उभ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 216, column 2.
Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “ubh”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.