ताम्बूल
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- তাম্বূল (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬵᬫ᭄ᬩᬹᬮ (Balinese script)
- তাম্বূল (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰯𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰳𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀽𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- တာမ္ဗူလ (Burmese script)
- તામ્બૂલ (Gujarati script)
- ਤਾਮ੍ਬੂਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍂𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦴꦩ꧀ꦧꦹꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂰𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂴𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ತಾಮ್ಬೂಲ (Kannada script)
- តាម្ពូល (Khmer script)
- ຕາມ຺ພູລ (Lao script)
- താമ്ബൂല (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠ᠊ᠠᠮᠪᡠᡠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘰𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘴𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᢗᠮᠪᠤᠤᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑧑𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧕𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐵𑐩𑑂𑐧𑐹𑐮 (Newa script)
- ତାମ୍ବୂଲ (Odia script)
- ꢡꢵꢪ꣄ꢨꢹꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆳𑆩𑇀𑆧𑆷𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖯𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖳𑖩 (Siddham script)
- තාම්බූල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩛𑩴 𑪙𑩲𑩒𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚭𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚱𑚥 (Takri script)
- தாம்பூ³ல (Tamil script)
- తామ్బూల (Telugu script)
- ตามฺพูล (Thai script)
- ཏཱ་མྦཱུ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒰𑒧𑓂𑒥𑒴𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨊𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨃𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tɑːm.buː.lɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪ɑːm.buː.l̪ɐ/
Noun
ताम्बूल • (tāmbūla) stem, n
- betel leaf, paan
- Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa 4.28.69:
- दत्तं चर्वितताम्बूलं राधायै प्रभुणा मुदा ।
चखाद भक्त्या सा तूर्णं प्रहस्य मदनातुरा ॥- dattaṃ carvitatāmbūlaṃ rādhāyai prabhuṇā mudā.
cakhāda bhaktyā sā tūrṇaṃ prahasya madanāturā. - The Lord happily gave a chewed betel leaf to Rādhā, and she, love-sick, quickly ate it up with fondness, with a smile.
- dattaṃ carvitatāmbūlaṃ rādhāyai prabhuṇā mudā.
- दत्तं चर्वितताम्बूलं राधायै प्रभुणा मुदा ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ताम्बूलम् (tāmbūlam) | ताम्बूले (tāmbūle) | ताम्बूलानि (tāmbūlāni) ताम्बूला¹ (tāmbūlā¹) |
| accusative | ताम्बूलम् (tāmbūlam) | ताम्बूले (tāmbūle) | ताम्बूलानि (tāmbūlāni) ताम्बूला¹ (tāmbūlā¹) |
| instrumental | ताम्बूलेन (tāmbūlena) | ताम्बूलाभ्याम् (tāmbūlābhyām) | ताम्बूलैः (tāmbūlaiḥ) ताम्बूलेभिः¹ (tāmbūlebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | ताम्बूलाय (tāmbūlāya) | ताम्बूलाभ्याम् (tāmbūlābhyām) | ताम्बूलेभ्यः (tāmbūlebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ताम्बूलात् (tāmbūlāt) | ताम्बूलाभ्याम् (tāmbūlābhyām) | ताम्बूलेभ्यः (tāmbūlebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ताम्बूलस्य (tāmbūlasya) | ताम्बूलयोः (tāmbūlayoḥ) | ताम्बूलानाम् (tāmbūlānām) |
| locative | ताम्बूले (tāmbūle) | ताम्बूलयोः (tāmbūlayoḥ) | ताम्बूलेषु (tāmbūleṣu) |
| vocative | ताम्बूल (tāmbūla) | ताम्बूले (tāmbūle) | ताम्बूलानि (tāmbūlāni) ताम्बूला¹ (tāmbūlā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- ताम्बूलिक (tāmbūlika)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ताम्बूल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 443.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “tāmbūla”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “ताम्बूल”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 768
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tāmbūlá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 329