आलम्भ

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ləmbʱ/, [äː.lɐ̃mbʱ]

Noun

आलम्भ • (ālambh) m

1. Alternative form of आलंभ (ālambh)

Declension

Declension of आलम्भ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आलम्भ ālambh	आलम्भ ālambh
oblique	आलम्भ ālambh	आलम्भों ālambhõ
vocative	आलम्भ ālambh	आलम्भो ālambho

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আলম্ভ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬮᬫ᭄ᬪ (Balinese script)
• আলম্ভ (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰩𑰦𑰿𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀮𑀫𑁆𑀪 (Brahmi script)
• အာလမ္ဘ (Burmese script)
• આલમ્ભ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਲਮ੍ਭ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌲𑌮𑍍𑌭 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦭꦩ꧀ꦨ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂪𑂧𑂹𑂦 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಲಮ್ಭ (Kannada script)
• អាលម្ភ (Khmer script)
• ອາລມ຺ຠ (Lao script)
• ആലമ്ഭ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᠮᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘩𑘦𑘿𑘥 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠯᠠᠮᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧉𑧆𑧠𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐮𑐩𑑂𑐨 (Newa script)
• ଆଲମ୍ଭ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢭꢪ꣄ꢩ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆬𑆩𑇀𑆨 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖩𑖦𑖿𑖥 (Siddham script)
• ආලම‍්භ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩽𑩴 𑪙𑩳 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚥𑚢𑚶𑚡 (Takri script)
• ஆலம்ப⁴ (Tamil script)
• ఆలమ్భ (Telugu script)
• อาลมฺภ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ལ་མྦྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒪𑒧𑓂𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨬𑨢𑩇𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From आ- (ā-) +‎ लम्भ (lambha).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.lɐm.bʱɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.l̪ɐm.bʱɐ/

Noun

आलम्भ • (ālambha) stem, m

1. taking hold of, seizing, touching
2. tearing off, rooting out (plants)
3. killing, sacrificing

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आलम्भ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आलम्भः (ālambhaḥ)	आलम्भौ (ālambhau) आलम्भा¹ (ālambhā¹)	आलम्भाः (ālambhāḥ) आलम्भासः¹ (ālambhāsaḥ¹)
vocative	आलम्भ (ālambha)	आलम्भौ (ālambhau) आलम्भा¹ (ālambhā¹)	आलम्भाः (ālambhāḥ) आलम्भासः¹ (ālambhāsaḥ¹)
accusative	आलम्भम् (ālambham)	आलम्भौ (ālambhau) आलम्भा¹ (ālambhā¹)	आलम्भान् (ālambhān)
instrumental	आलम्भेन (ālambhena)	आलम्भाभ्याम् (ālambhābhyām)	आलम्भैः (ālambhaiḥ) आलम्भेभिः¹ (ālambhebhiḥ¹)
dative	आलम्भाय (ālambhāya)	आलम्भाभ्याम् (ālambhābhyām)	आलम्भेभ्यः (ālambhebhyaḥ)
ablative	आलम्भात् (ālambhāt)	आलम्भाभ्याम् (ālambhābhyām)	आलम्भेभ्यः (ālambhebhyaḥ)
genitive	आलम्भस्य (ālambhasya)	आलम्भयोः (ālambhayoḥ)	आलम्भानाम् (ālambhānām)
locative	आलम्भे (ālambhe)	आलम्भयोः (ālambhayoḥ)	आलम्भेषु (ālambheṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• उपालम्भ (upālambha)

Descendants

• → Hindi: आलंभ (ālambh) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “आलम्भ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 153, column 2.