शलभ
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit शलभ (śalabha).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃə.ləbʱ/, [ʃɐ.lɐbʱ]
Noun
शलभ • (śalabh) m
- locust, grasshopper
- moth
- Synonym: पतंगा (pataṅgā)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शलभ śalabh |
शलभ śalabh |
| oblique | शलभ śalabh |
शलभों śalabhõ |
| vocative | शलभ śalabh |
शलभो śalabho |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শলভ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬮᬪ (Balinese script)
- শলভ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰩𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀮𑀪 (Brahmi script)
- ၐလဘ (Burmese script)
- શલભ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਲਭ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌲𑌭 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦭꦨ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂪𑂦 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಲಭ (Kannada script)
- ឝលភ (Khmer script)
- ຨລຠ (Lao script)
- ശലഭ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᠯᠠᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘩𑘥 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᠯᠠᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧉𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐮𑐨 (Newa script)
- ଶଲଭ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢭꢩ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆬𑆨 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖩𑖥 (Siddham script)
- ශලභ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩽𑩳 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚥𑚡 (Takri script)
- ஶலப⁴ (Tamil script)
- శలభ (Telugu script)
- ศลภ (Thai script)
- ཤ་ལ་བྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒪𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨬𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.lɐ.bʱɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.l̪ɐ.bʱɐ/
Noun
शलभ • (śalabha) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शलभः (śalabhaḥ) | शलभौ (śalabhau) | शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) |
| accusative | शलभम् (śalabham) | शलभौ (śalabhau) | शलभान् (śalabhān) |
| instrumental | शलभेन (śalabhena) | शलभाभ्याम् (śalabhābhyām) | शलभैः (śalabhaiḥ) |
| dative | शलभाय (śalabhāya) | शलभाभ्याम् (śalabhābhyām) | शलभेभ्यः (śalabhebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शलभात् (śalabhāt) | शलभाभ्याम् (śalabhābhyām) | शलभेभ्यः (śalabhebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शलभस्य (śalabhasya) | शलभयोः (śalabhayoḥ) | शलभानाम् (śalabhānām) |
| locative | शलभे (śalabhe) | शलभयोः (śalabhayoḥ) | शलभेषु (śalabheṣu) |
| vocative | शलभ (śalabha) | शलभौ (śalabhau) | शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) |
Derived terms
- शलभी (śalabhī, “grasshopper, locust”)
- शालभञ्जिका (śālabhañjikā, “meretrix, courtesan”)
- चित्रशलभ (citraśalabha, “butterfly”)
Descendants
- English: salabhasana
- Hindi: शलभ (śalabh)
- → Malayalam: ശലഭം (śalabhaṁ)
- Telugu: శలభము (śalabhamu), శలభం (śalabhaṁ)
References
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “śalabha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Monier Williams (1899) “शलभ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1059.