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): /ɑːˈl̪ɐm.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 (ālambha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आलम्भः ālambhaḥ	आलम्भौ / आलम्भा¹ ālambhau / ālambhā¹	आलम्भाः / आलम्भासः¹ ālambhāḥ / ālambhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	आलम्भ ālambha	आलम्भौ / आलम्भा¹ ālambhau / ālambhā¹	आलम्भाः / आलम्भासः¹ ālambhāḥ / ālambhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आलम्भम् ālambham	आलम्भौ / आलम्भा¹ ālambhau / ālambhā¹	आलम्भान् ālambhān
Instrumental	आलम्भेन ālambhena	आलम्भाभ्याम् ālambhābhyām	आलम्भैः / आलम्भेभिः¹ ālambhaiḥ / 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
Notes	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.