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शब्द

शब्द

Hindi

Noun

शब्द (śabd) m (Urdu spelling شبد)

  1. word, term
    यह शब्द हिन्दी में काफी प्रयुक्त होता है
    Yeh śabd Hindi mẽ kāphī prayukt hotā hai.
    This word is used a lot in Hindi.
  2. sound
    झरनों का धीमा शब्द जंगल में गूँजता।
    The soft sound of springs echoes through the forest.

Declension

Declension of शब्द
singular plural
direct शब्द (śabd) शब्द (śabd)
oblique शब्द (śabd) शब्दों (śabdõ)
vocative शब्द (śabd) शब्दो (śabdo)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • शब्दकोश (śabdakoś)
  • शब्दकार (śabdakār)
  • शब्दवीर (śabdavīr)
  • शब्दहीन (śabdahīn)
    • शब्दहीनता (śabdahīntā)

References

  • Bahri, Hardev (1989), शब्द”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

Sanskrit

Etymology

Probably from शपति (śapati, to curse; swear).

Noun

शब्द (śábda) m

  1. sound, noise, voice, tone, note
  2. a word
  3. speech, language
  4. the right word, correct expression
  5. the sacred syllable Om
  6. (grammar) a declinable word or a word-termination, affix
  7. a name, appellation, title
  8. a technical term
  9. verbal communication or testimony, oral tradition, verbal authority or evidence

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शब्द
Nom. sg. शब्दः (śabdaḥ)
Gen. sg. शब्दस्य (śabdasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शब्दः (śabdaḥ) शब्दौ (śabdau) शब्दाः (śabdāḥ)
Vocative शब्द (śabda) शब्दौ (śabdau) शब्दाः (śabdāḥ)
Accusative शब्दम् (śabdam) शब्दौ (śabdau) शब्दान् (śabdān)
Instrumental शब्देन (śabdena) शब्दाभ्याम् (śabdābhyām) शब्दैः (śabdaiḥ)
Dative शब्दाय (śabdāya) शब्दाभ्याम् (śabdābhyām) शब्देभ्यः (śabdebhyaḥ)
Ablative शब्दात् (śabdāt) शब्दाभ्याम् (śabdābhyām) शब्देभ्यः (śabdebhyaḥ)
Genitive शब्दस्य (śabdasya) शब्दयोः (śabdayoḥ) शब्दानाम् (śabdānām)
Locative शब्दे (śabde) शब्दयोः (śabdayoḥ) शब्देषु (śabdeṣu)

Descendants

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1052
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 296