सभा
See also: सभी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit सभा (sabhā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sə.bʱɑː/, [sɐ.bʱäː]
Noun
सभा • (sabhā) f (Urdu spelling سبھا)
- assembly, council
- meeting
- सभा समाप्त होने पर हम दोनों गाड़ी लौटे
- sabhā samāpt hone par ham donõ gāṛī lauṭe
- Once the meeting had ended, we both returned to the car
- association
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सभा sabhā |
सभाएँ sabhāẽ |
| oblique | सभा sabhā |
सभाओं sabhāõ |
| vocative | सभा sabhā |
सभाओ sabhāo |
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सभा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सभा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit सभा (sabhā).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sə.bʱa/
Noun
सभा • (sabhā) f
- meeting, assembly
- Synonym: बैठक (baiṭhak)
- conference
Declension
| Declension of सभा (fem ā-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
सभा sabhā | ||
| direct plural |
सभा sabhā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
सभा sabhā |
सभा sabhā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
सभे sabhe |
सभां- sabhān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
सभेला sabhelā |
सभांना sabhānnā | |
| ergative | सभेने, सभेनं sabhene, sabhena |
सभांनी sabhānnī | |
| instrumental | सभेशी sabheśī |
सभांशी sabhānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
सभेत sabhet |
सभांत sabhāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
सभे sabhe |
सभांनो sabhānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of सभा (fem ā-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
|||
| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
सभेचा sabheċā |
सभेचे sabheċe |
सभेची sabhecī |
सभेच्या sabhecā |
सभेचे, सभेचं sabheċe, sabheċa |
सभेची sabhecī |
सभेच्या sabhecā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
सभांचा sabhānċā |
सभांचे sabhānċe |
सभांची sabhāñcī |
सभांच्या sabhāncā |
सभांचे, सभांचं sabhānċe, sabhānċa |
सभांची sabhāñcī |
सभांच्या sabhāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Derived terms
- सभापती (sabhāptī, “chairman”)
- सभासद (sabhāsad, “member”)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “सभा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
सभा f
- Devanagari script form of sabhā
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সভা (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬪᬵ (Balinese script)
- সভা (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰥𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀪𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- သဘာ (Burmese script)
- સભા (Gujarati script)
- ਸਭਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌭𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦨꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂦𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಭಾ (Kannada script)
- សភា (Khmer script)
- ສຠາ (Lao script)
- സഭാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᢨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘥𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᠪᠾᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧅𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐨𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସଭା (Odia script)
- ꢱꢩꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆨𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖥𑖯 (Siddham script)
- සභා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩳𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚡𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஸப⁴ா (Tamil script)
- సభా (Telugu script)
- สภา (Thai script)
- ས་བྷཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒦𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨡𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Often analyzed as स- (sa-, “with”) + भाष् (bhāṣ, “to speak”), taking the primary meaning as "colloquium", with the final consonant dropping out. However, the original meaning was probably "building", whence the current meaning of "assembly, hall", which would make this interpretation difficult to accept. Alternative connections to Proto-Germanic *sibjō (“relationship”), whence German Sippe (“clan”), and to Iranian are unconvincing.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐ.bʱɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐ.bʱɑː/
Noun
सभा • (sabhā́) stem, f
- an assembly, congregation, meeting, council, public audience
- social party, society, good society
- a place for public meetings, large assembly-room or hall, palace, court of a king or of justice, council-chamber, gambling-house
- a house for lodging and accommodating travellers
- (Christianity) a church
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सभा (sabhā́) | सभे (sabhé) | सभाः (sabhā́ḥ) |
| accusative | सभाम् (sabhā́m) | सभे (sabhé) | सभाः (sabhā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | सभया (sabháyā) सभा¹ (sabhā́¹) |
सभाभ्याम् (sabhā́bhyām) | सभाभिः (sabhā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | सभायै (sabhā́yai) | सभाभ्याम् (sabhā́bhyām) | सभाभ्यः (sabhā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सभायाः (sabhā́yāḥ) सभायै² (sabhā́yai²) |
सभाभ्याम् (sabhā́bhyām) | सभाभ्यः (sabhā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सभायाः (sabhā́yāḥ) सभायै² (sabhā́yai²) |
सभयोः (sabháyoḥ) | सभानाम् (sabhā́nām) |
| locative | सभायाम् (sabhā́yām) | सभयोः (sabháyoḥ) | सभासु (sabhā́su) |
| vocative | सभे (sábhe) | सभे (sábhe) | सभाः (sábhāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
Descendants
- Assamese: সভা (xobha)
- Bengali: সভা (śobha)
- Hindi: सभा (sabhā)
- Pali: sabhā
- → Malayalam: സഭ (sabha) (semi-learned)
- Marathi: सभा (sabhā)
- → Old Javanese: sabhā
- → Telugu: సభ (sabha)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “sabhā́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 701
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) “sabhā́”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 433-434
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “सभा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1151, column 2.