गर्भनाडी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গৰ্ভনাডী (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬃᬪᬦᬵᬟᬷ (Balinese script)
• গর্ভনাডী (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰨𑰿𑰥𑰡𑰯𑰚𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀪𑀦𑀸𑀟𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဂရ်္ဘနာဍီ (Burmese script)
• ગર્ભનાડી (Gujarati script)
• ਗਰ੍ਭਨਾਡੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌨𑌾𑌡𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦂꦨꦤꦴꦝꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂩𑂹𑂦𑂢𑂰𑂙𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಗರ್ಭನಾಡೀ (Kannada script)
• គភ៌នាឌី (Khmer script)
• ຄຣ຺ຠນາຑີ (Lao script)
• ഗര്ഭനാഡീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᡵᢨᠠᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡷᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘨𑘿𑘥𑘡𑘰𑘚𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᠷᠪᠾᠠᠨᠠᢗᢎᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧈𑧠𑧅𑧁𑧑𑦺𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐬𑑂𑐨𑐣𑐵𑐜𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଗର୍ଭନାଡୀ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢬ꣄ꢩꢥꢵꢞꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆫𑇀𑆨𑆤𑆳𑆝𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖨𑖿𑖥𑖡𑖯𑖚𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ගර්‍භනාඩී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩼 𑪙𑩳𑩯𑩛𑩨𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚤𑚶𑚡𑚝𑚭𑚖𑚯 (Takri script)
• க³ர்ப⁴நாடீ³ (Tamil script)
• గర్భనాడీ (Telugu script)
• ครฺภนาฑี (Thai script)
• ག་རྦྷ་ནཱ་ཌཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒩𑓂𑒦𑒢𑒰𑒛𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨫𑩇𑨡𑨝𑨊𑨖𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of गर्भ (gárbha, “womb; embryo”) +‎ नाडी (nāḍī́, “tube; blood-vessel”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾ.bʱɐ.nɑː.ɖiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾ.bʱɐˈn̪ɑː.ɖiː/

Noun

गर्भनाडी • (garbhanāḍī) stem, f

1. (anatomy) umbilical cord

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of गर्भनाडी (garbhanāḍī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गर्भनाडी garbhanāḍī	गर्भनाड्यौ / गर्भनाडी¹ garbhanāḍyau / garbhanāḍī¹	गर्भनाड्यः / गर्भनाडीः¹ garbhanāḍyaḥ / garbhanāḍīḥ¹
Vocative	गर्भनाडि garbhanāḍi	गर्भनाड्यौ / गर्भनाडी¹ garbhanāḍyau / garbhanāḍī¹	गर्भनाड्यः / गर्भनाडीः¹ garbhanāḍyaḥ / garbhanāḍīḥ¹
Accusative	गर्भनाडीम् garbhanāḍīm	गर्भनाड्यौ / गर्भनाडी¹ garbhanāḍyau / garbhanāḍī¹	गर्भनाडीः garbhanāḍīḥ
Instrumental	गर्भनाड्या garbhanāḍyā	गर्भनाडीभ्याम् garbhanāḍībhyām	गर्भनाडीभिः garbhanāḍībhiḥ
Dative	गर्भनाड्यै garbhanāḍyai	गर्भनाडीभ्याम् garbhanāḍībhyām	गर्भनाडीभ्यः garbhanāḍībhyaḥ
Ablative	गर्भनाड्याः / गर्भनाड्यै² garbhanāḍyāḥ / garbhanāḍyai²	गर्भनाडीभ्याम् garbhanāḍībhyām	गर्भनाडीभ्यः garbhanāḍībhyaḥ
Genitive	गर्भनाड्याः / गर्भनाड्यै² garbhanāḍyāḥ / garbhanāḍyai²	गर्भनाड्योः garbhanāḍyoḥ	गर्भनाडीनाम् garbhanāḍīnām
Locative	गर्भनाड्याम् garbhanāḍyām	गर्भनाड्योः garbhanāḍyoḥ	गर्भनाडीषु garbhanāḍīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Hindi: गर्भनाड़ी (garbhanāṛī) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “गर्भनाडी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 349.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “गर्भनाडी”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “garbhanāḍī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.