अलाबु
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Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- অলাবু (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬮᬵᬩᬸ (Balinese script)
- অলাবু (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰩𑰯𑰤𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀮𑀸𑀩𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- အလာဗု (Burmese script)
- અલાબુ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਲਾਬੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌲𑌾𑌬𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦭꦴꦧꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂪𑂰𑂥𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಲಾಬು (Kannada script)
- អលាពុ (Khmer script)
- ອລາພຸ (Lao script)
- അലാബു (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠯᠠ᠊ᠠᠪᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘩𑘰𑘤𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠯᠠᢗᠪᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧉𑧑𑧄𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐮𑐵𑐧𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଅଲାବୁ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢭꢵꢨꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆬𑆳𑆧𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖩𑖯𑖤𑖲 (Siddham script)
- අලාබු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩽𑩛𑩲𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚥𑚭𑚠𑚰 (Takri script)
- அலாபு³ (Tamil script)
- అలాబు (Telugu script)
- อลาพุ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ལཱ་བུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒪𑒰𑒥𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨬𑨊𑨠𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Of Austroasiatic origin (Proto-Mon-Khmer *rbaw, *baw (“gourd”)).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]अलाबु • (alā́bu) stem, f
- the bottle gourd
Declension
[edit]singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | अलाबुः (alā́buḥ) | अलाबू (alā́bū) | अलाबवः (alā́bavaḥ) |
vocative | अलाबो (álābo) | अलाबू (álābū) | अलाबवः (álābavaḥ) |
accusative | अलाबुम् (alā́bum) | अलाबू (alā́bū) | अलाबूः (alā́būḥ) |
instrumental | अलाब्वा (alā́bvā) | अलाबुभ्याम् (alā́bubhyām) | अलाबुभिः (alā́bubhiḥ) |
dative | अलाबवे (alā́bave) अलाब्वै¹ (alā́bvai¹) |
अलाबुभ्याम् (alā́bubhyām) | अलाबुभ्यः (alā́bubhyaḥ) |
ablative | अलाबोः (alā́boḥ) अलाब्वाः¹ (alā́bvāḥ¹) अलाब्वै² (alā́bvai²) |
अलाबुभ्याम् (alā́bubhyām) | अलाबुभ्यः (alā́bubhyaḥ) |
genitive | अलाबोः (alā́boḥ) अलाब्वाः¹ (alā́bvāḥ¹) अलाब्वै² (alā́bvai²) |
अलाब्वोः (alā́bvoḥ) | अलाबूनाम् (alā́būnām) |
locative | अलाबौ (alā́bau) अलाब्वाम्¹ (alā́bvām¹) |
अलाब्वोः (alā́bvoḥ) | अलाबुषु (alā́buṣu) |
- ¹Later Sanskrit
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Noun
[edit]अलाबु • (alā́bu) stem, n
- a vessel made of the bottle gourd
- the fruit of the bottle gourd
Declension
[edit]singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | अलाबु (alā́bu) | अलाबुनी (alā́bunī) | अलाबूनि (alā́būni) अलाबु¹ (alā́bu¹) अलाबू¹ (alā́bū¹) |
vocative | अलाबु (álābu) अलाबो (álābo) |
अलाबुनी (álābunī) | अलाबूनि (álābūni) अलाबु¹ (álābu¹) अलाबू¹ (álābū¹) |
accusative | अलाबु (alā́bu) | अलाबुनी (alā́bunī) | अलाबूनि (alā́būni) अलाबु¹ (alā́bu¹) अलाबू¹ (alā́bū¹) |
instrumental | अलाबुना (alā́bunā) अलाब्वा¹ (alā́bvā¹) |
अलाबुभ्याम् (alā́bubhyām) | अलाबुभिः (alā́bubhiḥ) |
dative | अलाबुने (alā́bune) अलाबवे¹ (alā́bave¹) अलाब्वे¹ (alā́bve¹) |
अलाबुभ्याम् (alā́bubhyām) | अलाबुभ्यः (alā́bubhyaḥ) |
ablative | अलाबुनः (alā́bunaḥ) अलाबोः¹ (alā́boḥ¹) अलाब्वः¹ (alā́bvaḥ¹) |
अलाबुभ्याम् (alā́bubhyām) | अलाबुभ्यः (alā́bubhyaḥ) |
genitive | अलाबुनः (alā́bunaḥ) अलाबोः¹ (alā́boḥ¹) अलाब्वः¹ (alā́bvaḥ¹) |
अलाबुनोः (alā́bunoḥ) | अलाबूनाम् (alā́būnām) |
locative | अलाबुनि (alā́buni) अलाबौ¹ (alā́bau¹) |
अलाबुनोः (alā́bunoḥ) | अलाबुषु (alā́buṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
[edit]- Ashokan Prakrit:
- → Hindi: लाबु (lābu) (learned) (< Sanskrit लाबु (lābu))
- → Malay: labu (learned) (< Sanskrit लाबु (lābu))
- Indonesian: labu
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “alā́bu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “अलाबु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 94, column 3.
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- Sanskrit terms borrowed from Austroasiatic languages
- Sanskrit terms derived from Austroasiatic languages
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Sanskrit nouns
- Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script
- Sanskrit feminine nouns
- Sanskrit u-stem nouns
- Sanskrit neuter nouns
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