शलभ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शलभ (śalabha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ləbʱ/, [ʃɐ.lɐbʱ]

Noun

शलभ • (śalabh) m

1. locust, grasshopper
2. moth

   Synonym: पतंगा (pataṅgā)

Declension

Declension of शलभ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शलभ śalabh	शलभ śalabh
oblique	शलभ śalabh	शलभों śalabhõ
vocative	शलभ śalabh	शलभो śalabho

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শলভ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬮᬪ (Balinese script)
• শলভ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰩𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀮𑀪 (Brahmi script)
• ၐလဘ (Burmese script)
• શલભ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਲਭ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌲𑌭 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦭꦨ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂪𑂦 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಲಭ (Kannada script)
• ឝលភ (Khmer script)
• ຨລຠ (Lao script)
• ശലഭ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᠯᠠᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘩𑘥 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠯᠠᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧉𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐮𑐨 (Newa script)
• ଶଲଭ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢭꢩ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆬𑆨 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖩𑖥 (Siddham script)
• ශලභ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩽𑩳 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚥𑚡 (Takri script)
• ஶலப⁴ (Tamil script)
• శలభ (Telugu script)
• ศลภ (Thai script)
• ཤ་ལ་བྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒪𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨬𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.lɐ.bʱɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.l̪ɐ.bʱɐ/

Noun

शलभ • (śalabha) stem, m

1. locust
2. grasshopper
3. cricket

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शलभ
Nom. sg.	शलभः (śalabhaḥ)
Gen. sg.	शलभस्य (śalabhasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शलभः (śalabhaḥ)	शलभौ (śalabhau)	शलभाः (śalabhāḥ)
Accusative	शलभम् (śalabham)	शलभौ (śalabhau)	शलभान् (śalabhān)
Instrumental	शलभेन (śalabhena)	शलभाभ्याम् (śalabhābhyām)	शलभैः (śalabhaiḥ)
Dative	शलभाय (śalabhāya)	शलभाभ्याम् (śalabhābhyām)	शलभेभ्यः (śalabhebhyaḥ)
Ablative	शलभात् (śalabhāt)	शलभाभ्याम् (śalabhābhyām)	शलभेभ्यः (śalabhebhyaḥ)
Genitive	शलभस्य (śalabhasya)	शलभयोः (śalabhayoḥ)	शलभानाम् (śalabhānām)
Locative	शलभे (śalabhe)	शलभयोः (śalabhayoḥ)	शलभेषु (śalabheṣu)
Vocative	शलभ (śalabha)	शलभौ (śalabhau)	शलभाः (śalabhāḥ)

Derived terms

• शलभी (śalabhī, “grasshopper, locust”)
• शालभञ्जिका (śālabhañjikā, “meretrix, courtesan”)
• चित्रशलभ (citraśalabha, “butterfly”)

Descendants

• English: salabhasana
• Hindi: शलभ (śalabh)
• → Malayalam: ശലഭം (śalabhaṁ)
• Telugu: శలభము (śalabhamu), శలభం (śalabhaṁ)

References

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “śalabha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Monier Williams (1899) “शलभ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1059.