डिम्ब

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ডিম্ব (Assamese script)
• ᬟᬶᬫ᭄ᬩ (Balinese script)
• ডিম্ব (Bengali script)
• 𑰚𑰰𑰦𑰿𑰤 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀟𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀩 (Brahmi script)
• ဍိမ္ဗ (Burmese script)
• ડિમ્બ (Gujarati script)
• ਡਿਮ੍ਬ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌡𑌿𑌮𑍍𑌬 (Grantha script)
• ꦝꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (Javanese script)
• 𑂙𑂱𑂧𑂹𑂥 (Kaithi script)
• ಡಿಮ್ಬ (Kannada script)
• ឌិម្ព (Khmer script)
• ຑິມ຺ພ (Lao script)
• ഡിമ്ബ (Malayalam script)
• ᡷᡳᠮᠪᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘚𑘱𑘦𑘿𑘤 (Modi script)
• ᢎᠢᠮᠪᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦺𑧒𑧆𑧠𑧄 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐜𑐶𑐩𑑂𑐧 (Newa script)
• ଡିମ୍ବ (Odia script)
• ꢞꢶꢪ꣄ꢨ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆝𑆴𑆩𑇀𑆧 (Sharada script)
• 𑖚𑖰𑖦𑖿𑖤 (Siddham script)
• ඩිම‍්බ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩨𑩑𑩴 𑪙𑩲 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚖𑚮𑚢𑚶𑚠 (Takri script)
• டி³ம்ப³ (Tamil script)
• డిమ్బ (Telugu script)
• ฑิมฺพ (Thai script)
• ཌི་མྦ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒛𑒱𑒧𑓂𑒥 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨖𑨁𑨢𑩇𑨠 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Along with डिम्भ (ḍimbha) and डिम्बिका (ḍimbikā), possibly borrowed from substrate.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖim.bɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɖim.bɐ/

Noun

डिम्ब • (ḍimba) stem, ?

1. egg

Descendants

• Assamese: ডিম (dim), ডিমা (dima)
• Bengali: ডিম্ব (ḍimbo), ডিম (ḍim)
• Kamta: ডিমা (ḍima)
• Sylheti: ꠒꠤꠝ (ḍim)

References

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