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]Feminine u-stem declension of अलाबु (alā́bu) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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 / अलाब्वै¹ alā́bave / alā́bvai¹ |
अलाबुभ्याम् alā́bubhyām |
अलाबुभ्यः alā́bubhyaḥ |
Ablative | अलाबोः / अलाब्वाः¹ / अलाब्वै² alā́boḥ / alā́bvāḥ¹ / alā́bvai² |
अलाबुभ्याम् alā́bubhyām |
अलाबुभ्यः alā́bubhyaḥ |
Genitive | अलाबोः / अलाब्वाः¹ / अलाब्वै² alā́boḥ / alā́bvāḥ¹ / alā́bvai² |
अलाब्वोः alā́bvoḥ |
अलाबूनाम् alā́būnām |
Locative | अलाबौ / अलाब्वाम्¹ alā́bau / alā́bvām¹ |
अलाब्वोः alā́bvoḥ |
अलाबुषु alā́buṣu |
Notes |
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Noun
[edit]अलाबु • (alā́bu) stem, n
- a vessel made of the bottle gourd
- the fruit of the bottle gourd
Declension
[edit]Neuter u-stem declension of अलाबु (alā́bu) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | अलाबु alā́bu |
अलाबुनी alā́bunī |
अलाबूनि / अलाबु¹ / अलाबू¹ alā́būni / alā́bu¹ / alā́bū¹ |
Vocative | अलाबु / अलाबो álābu / álābo |
अलाबुनी álābunī |
अलाबूनि / अलाबु¹ / अलाबू¹ álābūni / álābu¹ / álābū¹ |
Accusative | अलाबु alā́bu |
अलाबुनी alā́bunī |
अलाबूनि / अलाबु¹ / अलाबू¹ alā́būni / alā́bu¹ / alā́bū¹ |
Instrumental | अलाबुना / अलाब्वा¹ alā́bunā / alā́bvā¹ |
अलाबुभ्याम् alā́bubhyām |
अलाबुभिः alā́bubhiḥ |
Dative | अलाबुने / अलाबवे¹ / अलाब्वे¹ alā́bune / alā́bave¹ / alā́bve¹ |
अलाबुभ्याम् alā́bubhyām |
अलाबुभ्यः alā́bubhyaḥ |
Ablative | अलाबुनः / अलाबोः¹ / अलाब्वः¹ alā́bunaḥ / alā́boḥ¹ / alā́bvaḥ¹ |
अलाबुभ्याम् alā́bubhyām |
अलाबुभ्यः alā́bubhyaḥ |
Genitive | अलाबुनः / अलाबोः¹ / अलाब्वः¹ alā́bunaḥ / alā́boḥ¹ / alā́bvaḥ¹ |
अलाबुनोः alā́bunoḥ |
अलाबूनाम् alā́būnām |
Locative | अलाबुनि / अलाबौ¹ alā́buni / alā́bau¹ |
अलाबुनोः alā́bunoḥ |
अलाबुषु alā́buṣu |
Notes |
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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.
Categories:
- Sanskrit terms borrowed from Austroasiatic languages
- Sanskrit terms derived from Austroasiatic languages
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit nouns
- Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script
- Sanskrit feminine nouns
- Sanskrit u-stem nouns
- Sanskrit neuter nouns
- sa:Botany
- sa:Vegetables