बिम्ब
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- বিম্ব (Assamese script)
- ᬩᬶᬫ᭄ᬩ (Balinese script)
- বিম্ব (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰰𑰦𑰿𑰤 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀩 (Brahmi script)
- ဗိမ္ဗ (Burmese script)
- બિમ્બ (Gujarati script)
- ਬਿਮ੍ਬ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑌿𑌮𑍍𑌬 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑂱𑂧𑂹𑂥 (Kaithi script)
- ಬಿಮ್ಬ (Kannada script)
- ពិម្ព (Khmer script)
- ພິມ຺ພ (Lao script)
- ബിമ്ബ (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᡳᠮᠪᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘱𑘦𑘿𑘤 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠢᠮᠪᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑧒𑧆𑧠𑧄 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑐶𑐩𑑂𑐧 (Newa script)
- ବିମ୍ବ (Odia script)
- ꢨꢶꢪ꣄ꢨ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆴𑆩𑇀𑆧 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖰𑖦𑖿𑖤 (Siddham script)
- බිම්බ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲𑩑𑩴 𑪙𑩲 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚮𑚢𑚶𑚠 (Takri script)
- பி³ம்ப³ (Tamil script)
- బిమ్బ (Telugu script)
- พิมฺพ (Thai script)
- བི་མྦ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒱𑒧𑓂𑒥 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑨁𑨢𑩇𑨠 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably an independent formation of sound-symbolic origin, using bilabial stops to convey the image of a rounded object; compare Ancient Greek βέμβῐξ (bémbĭx, “spinning top; whirlpool”) for a similar formation, as well as the bouba-kiki effect for more on the phenomenon.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bim.bɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bim.bɐ/
Noun
बिम्ब • (bimba) stem, m or n
- the disc of the sun or moon
- any sphere, orb, or disc (esp. of any rounded part of the body, such as the hips, buttocks, etc.)
- a mirror
- an image, shadow, reflection, picture, type
- (rhetoric) the object compared (as opposed to प्रतिबिम्ब (pratibimba), the counterpart to which it is compared)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | बिम्बः (bimbaḥ) | बिम्बौ (bimbau) बिम्बा¹ (bimbā¹) |
बिम्बाः (bimbāḥ) बिम्बासः¹ (bimbāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | बिम्बम् (bimbam) | बिम्बौ (bimbau) बिम्बा¹ (bimbā¹) |
बिम्बान् (bimbān) |
| instrumental | बिम्बेन (bimbena) | बिम्बाभ्याम् (bimbābhyām) | बिम्बैः (bimbaiḥ) बिम्बेभिः¹ (bimbebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | बिम्बाय (bimbāya) | बिम्बाभ्याम् (bimbābhyām) | बिम्बेभ्यः (bimbebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | बिम्बात् (bimbāt) | बिम्बाभ्याम् (bimbābhyām) | बिम्बेभ्यः (bimbebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | बिम्बस्य (bimbasya) | बिम्बयोः (bimbayoḥ) | बिम्बानाम् (bimbānām) |
| locative | बिम्बे (bimbe) | बिम्बयोः (bimbayoḥ) | बिम्बेषु (bimbeṣu) |
| vocative | बिम्ब (bimba) | बिम्बौ (bimbau) बिम्बा¹ (bimbā¹) |
बिम्बाः (bimbāḥ) बिम्बासः¹ (bimbāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | बिम्बम् (bimbam) | बिम्बे (bimbe) | बिम्बानि (bimbāni) बिम्बा¹ (bimbā¹) |
| accusative | बिम्बम् (bimbam) | बिम्बे (bimbe) | बिम्बानि (bimbāni) बिम्बा¹ (bimbā¹) |
| instrumental | बिम्बेन (bimbena) | बिम्बाभ्याम् (bimbābhyām) | बिम्बैः (bimbaiḥ) बिम्बेभिः¹ (bimbebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | बिम्बाय (bimbāya) | बिम्बाभ्याम् (bimbābhyām) | बिम्बेभ्यः (bimbebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | बिम्बात् (bimbāt) | बिम्बाभ्याम् (bimbābhyām) | बिम्बेभ्यः (bimbebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | बिम्बस्य (bimbasya) | बिम्बयोः (bimbayoḥ) | बिम्बानाम् (bimbānām) |
| locative | बिम्बे (bimbe) | बिम्बयोः (bimbayoḥ) | बिम्बेषु (bimbeṣu) |
| vocative | बिम्ब (bimba) | बिम्बे (bimbe) | बिम्बानि (bimbāni) बिम्बा¹ (bimbā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Noun
बिम्ब • (bimba) stem, m
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “बिम्ब”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 731/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 225