kalabha

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀮𑀪 (Brahmi script)
• कलभ (Devanagari script)
• কলভ (Bengali script)
• කලභ (Sinhalese script)
• ကလဘ or ၵလꧤ (Burmese script)
• กลภ or กะละภะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩃᨽ (Tai Tham script)
• ກລຠ or ກະລະຠະ (Lao script)
• កលភ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄣𑄞 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कलभ (kalabha). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀓𑀮𑀪 (kalabha), 𑀓𑀮𑀳 (kalaha).

Noun

kalabha m

1. young elephant

Declension

Declension table of "kalabha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kalabho	kalabhā
Accusative (second)	kalabhaṃ	kalabhe
Instrumental (third)	kalabhena	kalabhehi or kalabhebhi
Dative (fourth)	kalabhassa or kalabhāya or kalabhatthaṃ	kalabhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kalabhasmā or kalabhamhā or kalabhā	kalabhehi or kalabhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kalabhassa	kalabhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kalabhasmiṃ or kalabhamhi or kalabhe	kalabhesu
Vocative (calling)	kalabha	kalabhā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kalabha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 198
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karabhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 141