अम्बु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

অম্বু (Assamese script)
ᬅᬫ᭄ᬩᬸ (Balinese script)
অম্বু (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀼 (Brahmi script)
အမ္ဗု (Burmese script)
અમ્બુ (Gujarati script)
ਅਮ੍ਬੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಅಮ್ಬು (Kannada script)
អម្ពុ (Khmer script)
ອມ຺ພຸ (Lao script)
അമ്ബു (Malayalam script)
ᠠᠮᠪᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘳 (Modi script)
ᠠᠮᠪᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐩𑑂𑐧𑐸 (Newa script)
ଅମ୍ବୁ (Odia script)
ꢂꢪ꣄ꢨꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆩𑇀𑆧𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖲 (Siddham script)
අම‍්බු (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩴 𑪙𑩲𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚰 (Takri script)
அம்பு³ (Tamil script)
అమ్బు (Telugu script)
อมฺพุ (Thai script)
ཨ་མྦུ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒧𑓂𑒥𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. The hapax legomenon कियाम्बु (kiyāmbu, “water-lily”) appears to be a prefixed form of this word. Together with it and अम्भस् (ámbhas), it may be of substrate origin.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐm.bu/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐm.bu/

Noun

अम्बु • (ambu) stem, n

water
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जल

References

Apte, Macdonell (2022) “अम्बु”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]