गर्भधारण

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit गर्भधारण (garbhadhāraṇa). By surface analysis, गर्भ (garbh) +‎ धारण (dhāraṇ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡəɾ.bʱə.d̪ʱɑː.ɾəɳ/, [ɡɐɾ.bʱɐ.d̪ʱäː.ɾɐ̃ɳ]

Noun

गर्भधारण • (garbhadhāraṇ) m

1. (literary) pregnancy

   Synonym: गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā)

Declension

Declension of गर्भधारण (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गर्भधारण garbhadhāraṇ	गर्भधारण garbhadhāraṇ
oblique	गर्भधारण garbhadhāraṇ	गर्भधारणों garbhadhāraṇõ
vocative	गर्भधारण garbhadhāraṇ	गर्भधारणो garbhadhāraṇo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “गर्भधारण”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गर्भ-धारण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गर्भधारण (garbhadhāraṇa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəɾ.bʱə.d̪ʱa.ɾəɳ/

Noun

गर्भधारण • (garbhadhāraṇ) n

1. conceiving; becoming pregnant

Declension

Declension of गर्भधारण (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	गर्भधारण garbhadhāraṇa
direct plural	गर्भधारणे, गर्भधारणं garbhadhāraṇae, garbhadhārṇa
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	गर्भधारण garbhadhāraṇa		गर्भधारणे, गर्भधारणं garbhadhāraṇae, garbhadhārṇa
oblique सामान्यरूप	गर्भधारणा garbhadhāraṇaā		गर्भधारणां- garbhadhāraṇaān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	गर्भधारणाला garbhadhāraṇaālā		गर्भधारणांना garbhadhāraṇaānnā
ergative	गर्भधारणाने, गर्भधारणानं garbhadhāraṇaāne, garbhadhāraṇaāna		गर्भधारणांनी garbhadhāraṇaānnī
instrumental	गर्भधारणाशी garbhadhāraṇaāśī		गर्भधारणांशी garbhadhāraṇaānśī
locative सप्तमी	गर्भधारणात garbhadhāraṇaāt		गर्भधारणांत garbhadhāraṇaāt
vocative संबोधन	गर्भधारणा garbhadhāraṇaā		गर्भधारणांनो garbhadhāraṇaānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of गर्भधारण (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	गर्भधारणाचा garbhadhāraṇaāċā	गर्भधारणाचे garbhadhāraṇaāċe	गर्भधारणाची garbhadhāraṇaācī	गर्भधारणाच्या garbhadhāraṇaācā	गर्भधारणाचे, गर्भधारणाचं garbhadhāraṇaāċe, garbhadhāraṇaāċa	गर्भधारणाची garbhadhāraṇaācī	गर्भधारणाच्या garbhadhāraṇaācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	गर्भधारणांचा garbhadhāraṇaānċā	गर्भधारणांचे garbhadhāraṇaānċe	गर्भधारणांची garbhadhāraṇaāñcī	गर्भधारणांच्या garbhadhāraṇaāncā	गर्भधारणांचे, गर्भधारणांचं garbhadhāraṇaānċe, garbhadhāraṇaānċa	गर्भधारणांची garbhadhāraṇaāñcī	गर्भधारणांच्या garbhadhāraṇaāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• गर्भधारणा (garbhadhārṇā)

References

• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “गर्भधारण”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গৰ্ভধাৰণ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬃᬪᬥᬵᬭᬡ (Balinese script)
• গর্ভধারণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰨𑰿𑰥𑰠𑰯𑰨𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀪𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ဂရ်္ဘဓာရဏ (Burmese script)
• ગર્ભધારણ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਰ੍ਭਧਾਰਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌧𑌾𑌰𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦂꦨꦣꦴꦫꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂩𑂹𑂦𑂡𑂰𑂩𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಗರ್ಭಧಾರಣ (Kannada script)
• គភ៌ធារណ (Khmer script)
• ຄຣ຺ຠຘາຣຓ (Lao script)
• ഗര്ഭധാരണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᡵᢨᠠᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘨𑘿𑘥𑘠𑘰𑘨𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᠷᠪᠾᠠᢑᠾᠠᢗᠷᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧈𑧠𑧅𑧀𑧑𑧈𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐬𑑂𑐨𑐢𑐵𑐬𑐞 (Newa script)
• ଗର୍ଭଧାରଣ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢬ꣄ꢩꢤꢵꢬꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆫𑇀𑆨𑆣𑆳𑆫𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖨𑖿𑖥𑖠𑖯𑖨𑖜 (Siddham script)
• ගර්‍භධාරණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩼 𑪙𑩳𑩮𑩛𑩼𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚤𑚶𑚡𑚜𑚭𑚤𑚘 (Takri script)
• க³ர்ப⁴த⁴ாரண (Tamil script)
• గర్భధారణ (Telugu script)
• ครฺภธารณ (Thai script)
• ག་རྦྷ་དྷཱ་ར་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒩𑓂𑒦𑒡𑒰𑒩𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨫𑩇𑨡𑨜𑨊𑨫𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of गर्भ (gárbha, “womb”) +‎ धारण (dhā́raṇa, “act of holding, bearing”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾ.bʱɐ.dʱɑː.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾ.bʱɐ.d̪ʱɑː.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

गर्भधारण • (garbhadhāraṇa) stem, n (Classical Sanskrit)

1. pregnancy

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:गर्भावस्था

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of गर्भधारण

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गर्भधारणम् (garbhadhāraṇam)	गर्भधारणे (garbhadhāraṇe)	गर्भधारणानि (garbhadhāraṇāni)
vocative	गर्भधारण (garbhadhāraṇa)	गर्भधारणे (garbhadhāraṇe)	गर्भधारणानि (garbhadhāraṇāni)
accusative	गर्भधारणम् (garbhadhāraṇam)	गर्भधारणे (garbhadhāraṇe)	गर्भधारणानि (garbhadhāraṇāni)
instrumental	गर्भधारणेन (garbhadhāraṇena)	गर्भधारणाभ्याम् (garbhadhāraṇābhyām)	गर्भधारणैः (garbhadhāraṇaiḥ)
dative	गर्भधारणाय (garbhadhāraṇāya)	गर्भधारणाभ्याम् (garbhadhāraṇābhyām)	गर्भधारणेभ्यः (garbhadhāraṇebhyaḥ)
ablative	गर्भधारणात् (garbhadhāraṇāt)	गर्भधारणाभ्याम् (garbhadhāraṇābhyām)	गर्भधारणेभ्यः (garbhadhāraṇebhyaḥ)
genitive	गर्भधारणस्य (garbhadhāraṇasya)	गर्भधारणयोः (garbhadhāraṇayoḥ)	गर्भधारणानाम् (garbhadhāraṇānām)
locative	गर्भधारणे (garbhadhāraṇe)	गर्भधारणयोः (garbhadhāraṇayoḥ)	गर्भधारणेषु (garbhadhāraṇeṣu)

Descendants

• → Bengali: গর্ভধারণ (gorbhodharon) (learned)
• → Hindi: गर्भधारण (garbhadhāraṇ) (learned)
• → Marathi: गर्भधारण (garbhadhāraṇ) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “गर्भधारण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 349.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “गर्भधारण”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan