प्रारभ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰাৰভ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬭᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
• প্রারভ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰨𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀭𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပြာရဘ် (Burmese script)
• પ્રારભ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਾਰਭ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌰𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦴꦫꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂩𑂦𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಾರಭ್ (Kannada script)
• ប្រារភ៑ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣາຣຠ຺ (Lao script)
• പ്രാരഭ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᢨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘨𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᢗᠷᠠᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑧈𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐬𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରାରଭ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢬꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆫𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖨𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රාරභ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩼𑩳 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚤𑚡𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப்ராரப்⁴ (Tamil script)
• ప్రారభ్ (Telugu script)
• ปฺรารภฺ (Thai script)
• པྲཱ་ར་བྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒩𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨫𑨡𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

प्र- (pra-) +‎ आ- (ā-) +‎ रभ् (rabh).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɑː.ɾɐbʱ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɑː.ɾɐbʱ/

Root

प्रारभ् • (prārabh)

1. to seize, lay hold on
2. to begin, commence, undertake

Derived terms

• प्रारभते (prārabhate)
• प्रारम्भ (prārambha)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रारभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 708/2.