स्तम्भ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্তম্ভ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬢᬫ᭄ᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
• স্তম্ভ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰦𑰿𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀫𑁆𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သ္တမ္ဘ် (Burmese script)
• સ્તમ્ભ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਤਮ੍ਭ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍍𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦠꦩ꧀ꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂧𑂹𑂦𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ತಮ್ಭ್ (Kannada script)
• ស្តម្ភ៑ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຕມ຺ຠ຺ (Lao script)
• സ്തമ്ഭ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᢠᠠᠮᢨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘦𑘿𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢐᠠᠮᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧆𑧠𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐩𑑂𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ତମ୍ଭ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢡꢪ꣄ꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆩𑇀𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖦𑖿𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්තම‍්භ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩴 𑪙𑩳 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚢𑚶𑚡𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸ்தம்ப்⁴ (Tamil script)
• స్తమ్భ్ (Telugu script)
• สฺตมฺภฺ (Thai script)
• སྟ་མྦྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒧𑓂𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨢𑩇𑨡𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stand still, harden; prop up, support; pole”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *stьbъ (“stem, stalk”), Old Church Slavonic степень (stepenĭ, “stair”); English step, stop, stamp, stomp, stump, staff, stiff.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stɐmbʱ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ɐmbʱ/

Root

स्तम्भ् • (stambh)

1. Alternative form of स्तभ् (stabh)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्तम्भ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1258/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 754