शोभति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• शोभते (śóbhate)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শোভতি (Assamese script)
• ᬰᭀᬪᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• শোভতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰺𑰥𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁄𑀪𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ၐောဘတိ (Burmese script)
• શોભતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੋਭਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍋𑌭𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦺꦴꦨꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂷𑂦𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಶೋಭತಿ (Kannada script)
• ឝោភតិ (Khmer script)
• ໂຨຠຕິ (Lao script)
• ശോഭതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠣᢨᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘻𑘥𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠣᠸᠠᠪᠾᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧜𑧅𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑀𑐨𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଶୋଭତି (Odia script)
• ꢯꣂꢩꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆾𑆨𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖺𑖥𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ශොභති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩕𑩳𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚴𑚡𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஶோப⁴தி (Tamil script)
• శోభతి (Telugu script)
• โศภติ (Thai script)
• ཤོ་བྷ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒼𑒦𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨆𑨡𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śáwbʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewbʰ-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́w.bʱɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕoː.bʱɐ.t̪i/

Verb

शोभति • (śóbhati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, present, root शुभ्)

1. to beautify, embellish, adorn, beautify one's self
2. to look beautiful or handsome, shine, be bright or splendid
3. to prepare, make fit or ready, prepare oneself
4. to flash or flit
5. to glide rapidly past or along
6. to harm, injure

Conjugation

Present: शोभति (śobhati), शोभते (śobhate), शुभ्यते (śubhyate)
Voice	Active			Middle			Passive
Number	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative Mood
Third	शोभति śobhati	शोभतः śobhataḥ	शोभन्ति śobhanti	शोभते śobhate	शोभेते śobhete	शोभन्ते śobhante	शुभ्यते śubhyate	शुभ्येते śubhyete	शुभ्यन्ते śubhyante
Second	शोभसि śobhasi	शोभथः śobhathaḥ	शोभथ śobhatha	शोभसे śobhase	शोभेथे śobhethe	शोभध्वे śobhadhve	शुभ्यसे śubhyase	शुभ्येथे śubhyethe	शुभ्यध्वे śubhyadhve
First	शोभामि śobhāmi	शोभावः śobhāvaḥ	शोभामः śobhāmaḥ	शोभे śobhe	शोभावहे śobhāvahe	शोभामहे śobhāmahe	शुभ्ये śubhye	शुभ्यावहे śubhyāvahe	शुभ्यामहे śubhyāmahe
Imperative Mood
Third	शोभतु śobhatu	शोभताम् śobhatām	शोभन्तु śobhantu	शोभताम् śobhatām	शोभेताम् śobhetām	शोभन्ताम् śobhantām	शुभ्यताम् śubhyatām	शुभ्येताम् śubhyetām	शुभ्यन्ताम् śubhyantām
Second	शोभ śobha	शोभतम् śobhatam	शोभत śobhata	शोभस्व śobhasva	शोभेथाम् śobhethām	शोभध्वम् śobhadhvam	शुभ्यस्व śubhyasva	शुभ्येथाम् śubhyethām	शुभ्यध्वम् śubhyadhvam
First	शोभानि śobhāni	शोभाव śobhāva	शोभाम śobhāma	शोभै śobhai	शोभावहै śobhāvahai	शोभामहै śobhāmahai	शुभ्यै śubhyai	शुभ्यावहै śubhyāvahai	शुभ्यामहै śubhyāmahai
Optative Mood
Third	शोभेत् śobhet	शोभेताम् śobhetām	शोभेयुः śobheyuḥ	शोभेत śobheta	शोभेयाताम् śobheyātām	शोभेरन् śobheran	शुभ्येत śubhyeta	शुभ्येयाताम् śubhyeyātām	शुभ्येरन् śubhyeran
Second	शोभेः śobheḥ	शोभेतम् śobhetam	शोभेत śobheta	शोभेथाः śobhethāḥ	शोभेयाथाम् śobheyāthām	शोभेध्वम् śobhedhvam	शुभ्येथाः śubhyethāḥ	शुभ्येयाथाम् śubhyeyāthām	शुभ्येध्वम् śubhyedhvam
First	शोभेयम् śobheyam	शोभेव śobheva	शोभेमः śobhemaḥ	शोभेय śobheya	शोभेवहि śobhevahi	शोभेमहि śobhemahi	शुभ्येय śubhyeya	शुभ्येवहि śubhyevahi	शुभ्येमहि śubhyemahi
Participles
	शोभत् śobhat	or	शोभन्त् śobhant	शोभमान śobhamāna			शुभ्यमान śubhyamāna

Imperfect: अशोभत् (aśobhat), अशोभत (aśobhata), अशुभ्यत (aśubhyata)
Voice	Active			Middle			Passive
Number	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative Mood
Third	अशोभत् aśobhat	अशोभताम् aśobhatām	अशोभन् aśobhan	अशोभत aśobhata	अशोभेताम् aśobhetām	अशोभन्त aśobhanta	अशुभ्यत aśubhyata	अशुभ्येताम् aśubhyetām	अशुभ्यन्त aśubhyanta
Second	अशोभः aśobhaḥ	अशोभतम् aśobhatam	अशोभत aśobhata	अशोभथाः aśobhathāḥ	अशोभेथाम् aśobhethām	अशोभध्वम् aśobhadhvam	अशुभ्यथाः aśubhyathāḥ	अशुभ्येथाम् aśubhyethām	अशुभ्यध्वम् aśubhyadhvam
First	अशोभम् aśobham	अशोभाव aśobhāva	अशोभाम aśobhāma	अशोभे aśobhe	अशोभावहि aśobhāvahi	अशोभामहि aśobhāmahi	अशुभ्ये aśubhye	अशुभ्यावहि aśubhyāvahi	अशुभ्यामहि aśubhyāmahi

Related terms

• शुम्भति (śúmbhati, śumbháti)

Descendants

Terms inherited from शोभति (śóbhati), शोभते (śóbhate)

• Pali: sobhati
• Prakrit:

  Magadhi Prakrit:

  • Maithili:

    Devanagari script: सोहब (sōhab)

    Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒼𑒯𑒥 (sōhaba)

  • Odia: ଶୋହିବା (śohibā)

  Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀇 (sohaï)

  Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀤𑀺 (sohadi), 𑀲𑁄𑀪𑀤𑀺 (sobhadi)

  • Gurjara Apabhramsa:
    • Old Gujarati: सोहइ (sohaï)
      • Gujarati: સોહવું (sohvũ)
      • Marwari: सोहणौ (sohṇau)
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Old Hindi: सोहना (sohanā)
      • Braj: सोहन (sohan)
      • Hindustani: sohnā

        Hindi: सोहना

        Urdu: سوہ٘نا

  Paisaci Prakrit:

  • Takka Apabhramsa:
    • Old Punjabi: ਸੋਹਿ (sohi), ਸੋਹਾਇ (sohāi)
      • Punjabi: sohṇā

        Gurmukhi script: ਸੋਹਣਾ

        Shahmukhi script: سوہݨا

  • Vracada Apabhramsa:
    • Sindhi:

      Arabic script: سۇنهَڻُ, سُهَڻُ

      Devanagari script: सूंहणु, सुंहणु

Semi-learned borrowings from शोभति (śóbhati), शोभते (śóbhate)

• ⇒ Gujarati: શોભવું (śobhvũ)
• ⇒ Hindi: शोभना (śobhnā)
• ⇒ Old Marathi: śobhaṇe

  Modi script: 𑘫𑘻𑘥𑘜𑘹

  Devanagari script: शोभणे

  • Marathi: शोभणे (śobhṇe)
• ⇒ Odia: ଶୋଭିବା (śobhibā)
• ⇒ Punjabi: sobhṇā

  Gurmukhi script: ਸੋਭਣਾ

  Shahmukhi script: سوبھݨا

• ⇒ Sindhi:

  Arabic script: سوڀَڻُ

  Devanagari script: सोभणु

Further reading

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “शोभते”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “शोभति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1083.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śṓbhatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press