अब्द

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अब्द (abda).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əbd̪/, [ɐbd̪]

Noun

अब्द • (abd) m (Urdu spelling ابد)

1. year

   Synonyms: साल (sāl), बरस (baras), वर्ष (varṣ)

2. a cloud

Declension

Declension of अब्द (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अब्द abd	अब्द abd
oblique	अब्द abd	अब्दों abdõ
vocative	अब्द abd	अब्दो abdo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অব্দ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬩ᭄ᬤ (Balinese script)
• অব্দ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰤𑰿𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀩𑁆𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• အဗ္ဒ (Burmese script)
• અબ્દ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਬ੍ਦ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌬𑍍𑌦 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦧ꧀ꦢ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂥𑂹𑂠 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಬ್ದ (Kannada script)
• អព្ទ (Khmer script)
• ອພ຺ທ (Lao script)
• അബ്ദ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠪᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘤𑘿𑘟 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠪᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧄𑧠𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐧𑑂𑐡 (Newa script)
• ଅବ୍ଦ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢨ꣄ꢣ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆧𑇀𑆢 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖤𑖿𑖟 (Siddham script)
• අබ‍්ද (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩲 𑪙𑩭 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚠𑚶𑚛 (Takri script)
• அப்³த³ (Tamil script)
• అబ్ద (Telugu script)
• อพฺท (Thai script)
• ཨ་བྡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒥𑓂𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨠𑩇𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From अप् (ap) +‎ -द (-da).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐb.dɐ/, [ɐb̚.dɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐb.d̪ɐ/, [ˈɐb̚.d̪ɐ]

Noun

अब्द • (abda) stem, m

1. “giving water” a cloud
2. a year

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अब्द (abda)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अब्दः abdaḥ	अब्दौ / अब्दा¹ abdau / abdā¹	अब्दाः / अब्दासः¹ abdāḥ / abdāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अब्द abda	अब्दौ / अब्दा¹ abdau / abdā¹	अब्दाः / अब्दासः¹ abdāḥ / abdāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अब्दम् abdam	अब्दौ / अब्दा¹ abdau / abdā¹	अब्दान् abdān
Instrumental	अब्देन abdena	अब्दाभ्याम् abdābhyām	अब्दैः / अब्देभिः¹ abdaiḥ / abdebhiḥ¹
Dative	अब्दाय abdāya	अब्दाभ्याम् abdābhyām	अब्देभ्यः abdebhyaḥ
Ablative	अब्दात् abdāt	अब्दाभ्याम् abdābhyām	अब्देभ्यः abdebhyaḥ
Genitive	अब्दस्य abdasya	अब्दयोः abdayoḥ	अब्दानाम् abdānām
Locative	अब्दे abde	अब्दयोः abdayoḥ	अब्देषु abdeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अब्द”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 60.