आडम्बर

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• আডম্বৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬟᬫ᭄ᬩᬭ (Balinese script)
• আডম্বর (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰚𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀟𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• အာဍမ္ဗရ (Burmese script)
• આડમ્બર (Gujarati script)
• ਆਡਮ੍ਬਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌡𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦝꦩ꧀ꦧꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂙𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಡಮ್ಬರ (Kannada script)
• អាឌម្ពរ (Khmer script)
• ອາຑມ຺ພຣ (Lao script)
• ആഡമ്ബര (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡷᠠᠮᠪᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘚𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢎᠠᠮᠪᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦺𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐜𑐩𑑂𑐧𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଆଡମ୍ବର (Odia script)
• ꢃꢞꢪ꣄ꢨꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆝𑆩𑇀𑆧𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖚𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ආඩම‍්බර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩨𑩴 𑪙𑩲𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚖𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஆட³ம்ப³ர (Tamil script)
• ఆడమ్బర (Telugu script)
• อาฑมฺพร (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཌ་མྦ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒛𑒧𑓂𑒥𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨖𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From आ- (ā-) +‎ डम्बर (ḍambara); the latter likely either from a substrate or onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɖɐm.bɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɖɐm.bɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

आडम्बर • (āḍambara) stem, ?

1. drum
2. din
3. verbosity
4. trumpeting (of an elephant)
5. acme, height, crown

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ആഡംബരം (āḍambaraṁ)

References

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