नभ

Hindi

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *nebʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *nábʰas

Sanskrit नभस् (nabhas)bor.

Hindi नभ (nabh)

Borrowed from Sanskrit नभस् (nabhas).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nəbʱ/, [nɐbʱ]

Noun

नभ • (nabh) m

1. sky

   Synonyms: आकाश (ākāś), गगन (gagan), अंबर (ambar), आसमान (āsmān)

   • 2008, Maithilisharan Gupt, edited by Krishnadatt Paliwal, मैथिलीशरण गुप्त ग्रंथावली (maithilīśaraṇ gupt granthāvalī), Vani Prakashan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 294:

     तृण तृण को नभ सींच रहा था बूँद बूँद रस देकर,
     बढ़ा रहा था सुख की नौका समय समीरण खेकर ।

     tŕṇ tŕṇ ko nabh sī̃c rahā thā bū̃d bū̃d ras dekar,
     baṛhā rahā thā sukh kī naukā samay samīraṇ khekar .

     The sky was watering each blade of grass, giving it juice drop by drop;
     Time was driving ahead the boat of happiness by rowing the wind.

Declension

Declension of नभ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नभ nabh	नभ nabh
oblique	नभ nabh	नभों nabhõ
vocative	नभ nabh	नभो nabho

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नभ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2532
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “नभ”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 351
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नभ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 543

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• nabha (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑀪 (Brahmi script)
• নভ (Bengali script)
• නභ (Sinhalese script)
• နဘ or ၼꧤ (Burmese script)
• นภ or นะภะ (Thai script)
• ᨶᨽ (Tai Tham script)
• ນຠ or ນະຠະ (Lao script)
• នភ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄞 (Chakma script)

Noun

नभ n

1. Devanagari script form of nabha (“mist; sky”)

Declension

Declension table of "नभ" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	नभं (nabhaṃ)	नभानि (nabhāni)
Accusative (second)	नभं (nabhaṃ)	नभानि (nabhāni)
Instrumental (third)	नभेन (nabhena)	नभेहि (nabhehi) or नभेभि (nabhebhi)
Dative (fourth)	नभस्स (nabhassa) or नभाय (nabhāya) or नभत्थं (nabhatthaṃ)	नभानं (nabhānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	नभस्मा (nabhasmā) or नभम्हा (nabhamhā) or नभा (nabhā)	नभेहि (nabhehi) or नभेभि (nabhebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	नभस्स (nabhassa)	नभानं (nabhānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	नभस्मिं (nabhasmiṃ) or नभम्हि (nabhamhi) or नभे (nabhe)	नभेसु (nabhesu)
Vocative (calling)	नभ (nabha)	नभानि (nabhāni)