गर्दभ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬕᬃᬤᬪ (Balinese script)
- গৰ্দভ (Assamese script)
- গর্দভ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰨𑰿𑰟𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀤𑀪 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌗𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌭 (Grantha script)
- ગર્દભ (Gujarati script)
- ਗਰੑਦਭ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦒꦂꦢꦨ (Javanese script)
- គទ៌ភ (Khmer script)
- ಗರ್ದಭ (Kannada script)
- ຄຣ຺ທຠ (Lao script)
- ഗര്ദഭ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘐𑘨𑘿𑘟𑘥 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᠷᢑᠠᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡤᠠᡵᡩᠠᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဂရ်္ဒဘ (Burmese script)
- 𑦰𑧈𑧠𑦿𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐬𑑂𑐡𑐨 (Newa script)
- ଗର୍ଦଭ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢬ꣄ꢣꢩ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆫𑇀𑆢𑆨 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖨𑖿𑖟𑖥 (Siddham script)
- ගර්දභ (Sinhalese script)
- க³ர்த³ப⁴ (Tamil script)
- గర్దభ (Telugu script)
- ครฺทภ (Thai script)
- ག་རྡ་བྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒩𑓂𑒠𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Kuvi ଗା୕ଡ଼୍ଦେ (gāṛde), Duruwa [script needed] (garad).[1] Alternatively, perhaps an onomatopoeic derivation from the root गर्द् (gard, “to cry”) with a suffix similar to the one in ऋषभ (ṛṣabha).
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of गर्दभ (gardabhá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | गर्दभः gardabháḥ |
गर्दभौ gardabhaú |
गर्दभाः / गर्दभासः¹ gardabhā́ḥ / gardabhā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | गर्दभ gárdabha |
गर्दभौ gárdabhau |
गर्दभाः / गर्दभासः¹ gárdabhāḥ / gárdabhāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | गर्दभम् gardabhám |
गर्दभौ gardabhaú |
गर्दभान् gardabhā́n |
| Instrumental | गर्दभेन gardabhéna |
गर्दभाभ्याम् gardabhā́bhyām |
गर्दभैः / गर्दभेभिः¹ gardabhaíḥ / gardabhébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | गर्दभाय gardabhā́ya |
गर्दभाभ्याम् gardabhā́bhyām |
गर्दभेभ्यः gardabhébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | गर्दभात् gardabhā́t |
गर्दभाभ्याम् gardabhā́bhyām |
गर्दभेभ्यः gardabhébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | गर्दभस्य gardabhásya |
गर्दभयोः gardabháyoḥ |
गर्दभानाम् gardabhā́nām |
| Locative | गर्दभे gardabhé |
गर्दभयोः gardabháyoḥ |
गर्दभेषु gardabhéṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- गर्दभक (gardabhaka, “of or relating to a donkey”)
- गर्दभी (gardabhī, “female donkey / jenny”)
- गार्दभ (gārdabha, “of or relating to a donkey”)
- Kannada: ಗಾರ್ದಭ (gārdabha, “donkey”)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “गर्दभ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 349.
- Apte, Macdonell (2022), “गर्दभ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “1364”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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