๐๐ฉ๐๐ช
Prakrit
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit เคเคฐเฅเคญ (gรกrbha). Cognate with Pali gabbha.
Noun
๐๐ฉ๐๐ช (gabbha) m (Devanagari เคเคฌเฅเคญ, Kannada เฒเฒฌเณเฒญ) (attested in Mฤhฤrฤแนฃแนญrฤซ)
- (anatomy) womb
- c. 1122 โ 1123, Devendra, Uttarฤdhyayana-Vแนtti VI. Nami line 28:
- ๐ข๐ ๐๐ณ๐บ๐๐๐๐ธ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ง๐ฝ๐ญ๐บ๐ฌ-๐๐๐ณ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ก๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ฏ๐ณ๐
- tao jahicchฤe saแนpลซriya-แธohalฤ gabbhaแน suheแนuvvahaรฏ
- Thereupon when her longing had been satisfied in accordance with her wish, she carried the child in her womb with perfect ease.
- ๐ข๐ ๐๐ณ๐บ๐๐๐๐ธ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ง๐ฝ๐ญ๐บ๐ฌ-๐๐๐ณ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ก๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ฏ๐ณ๐
- foetus
Declension
| Maharastri declension of ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ (gabbho) | ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ธ (gabbhฤ) |
| Accusative | ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ (gabbhaแน) | ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ (gabbhe) or ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ธ (gabbhฤ) |
| Instrumental | ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐๐ก (gabbheแนa) or ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐ (gabbheแนaแน) | ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐๐ณ๐บ (gabbhehi) or ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐๐ณ๐บ๐ (gabbhehiแน) |
| Dative | ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ธ๐ (gabbhฤa) | โ |
| Ablative | ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ธ๐ (gabbhฤo) or ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ธ๐ (gabbhฤu) or ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ธ (gabbhฤ) or ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ธ๐ณ๐บ (gabbhฤhi) or ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ธ๐ณ๐บ๐๐ข๐ (gabbhฤhiแนto) | โ |
| Genitive | ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ฒ๐๐ฒ (gabbhassa) | ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ธ๐ก (gabbhฤแนa) or ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ธ๐ก๐ (gabbhฤแนaแน) |
| Locative | ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ซ๐๐ซ๐บ (gabbhammi) or ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ (gabbhe) | ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐๐ฒ๐ผ (gabbhesu) or ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ (gabbhesuแน) |
| Vocative | ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช (gabbha) or ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ธ (gabbhฤ) | ๐๐ฉ๐๐ช๐ธ (gabbhฤ) |
Derived terms
- *๐๐ฉ๐๐ช-๐
(*gabbha-a)
- Old Marathi:
- Devanagari script: เคเคพเคญเคพ (gฤbhฤ)
- Modi script: ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฐ (gฤbhฤ)
- Marathi: เคเคพเคญเคพ (gฤbhฤ)
- Old Marathi:
Descendants
- Central:
- Hindi: เคเคพเคญ (gฤbh)
- Southern:
- Old Marathi: ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ (gฤbha)
References
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 202
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923โ1928) โเคเคฌเฅเคญโ, in เคชเคพเคเค -เคธเคฆเฅเคฆ-เคฎเคนเคฃเฅเคฃเคตเฅ [pฤia-sadda-mahaแนแนavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 287.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ1985) โgรกrbhaโ, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 217