लम्ब्
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- লম্ব্ (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬫ᭄ᬩ᭄ (Balinese script)
- লম্ব্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀫𑁆𑀩𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- လမ္ဗ် (Burmese script)
- લમ્બ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਲਮ੍ਬ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦩ꧀ꦧ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಲಮ್ಬ್ (Kannada script)
- លម្ព៑ (Khmer script)
- ລມ຺ພ຺ (Lao script)
- ലമ്ബ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᠠᠮᠪ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠠᠮᠪ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐩𑑂𑐧𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଲମ୍ବ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢭꢪ꣄ꢨ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆩𑇀𑆧𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ලම්බ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩴 𑪙𑩲 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚶 (Takri script)
- லம்ப்³ (Tamil script)
- లమ్బ్ (Telugu script)
- ลมฺพฺ (Thai script)
- ལ་མྦ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒧𑓂𑒥𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”); compare English limp and Latin limbus (“border; hem”). Not related to Lithuanian rambüs (“dull, lazy”). The "support" meanings may have been influenced by the separate root रम्भ् (rambh), a byform of रभ् (rabh).
Pronunciation
[edit]Root
[edit]लम्ब् • (lamb)
- (cf. √1. रम्ब्) cl.1 Ā. (Dhātup. x, 15) लम्बते (mc. also °ति ; pf. ललम्बे MBh. &c. ; aor. अलम्बिष्ट Gr. ; fut. लम्बिता ib. ; लम्बिष्यति MBh. ; inf. लम्बितुम् ib. ; ind.p. -लम्ब्य ib.), to hang down, depend, dangle, hang from or on (loc.) Suparṇ. MBh. &c.
- to sink, go down, decline, fall, set (as the sun) MBh. Kāv. &c.
- to be fastened or attached to, cling to, hold or rest on (loc.) ib.
- to fall or stay behind, be retarded Sūryas.
- to tag, loiter, delay, tarry MBh. : Caus. लम्बयति (aor. अललम्बत्), to cause to hang down or depend, let down Kathās.
- to hang up, suspend ib.
- to cause to be attached or joined MW.
- to stretch out, extend (the hand) for (dat.) Ragh.
- (prob.) to depress, discourage MBh. i, 1445 (C. लङ्घयित्वा for लम्बयित्वा): Desid. लिलम्बिषते, to be about to sink or decline Hcar. v.l. ([cf. Gk. λοβός ; Lat. labi, labare, labes ; Germ. lappa, Lappen ; Eng. lap, limp.])
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “लम्ब्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0897.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 436-437; 474
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 44