सभा

See also: सभी

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit सभा (sabhā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sə.bʱɑː/, [sɐ.bʱäː]

Noun

सभा • (sabhā) f (Urdu spelling سبھا)

1. assembly, council
2. meeting

   सभा समाप्त होने पर हम दोनों गाड़ी लौटे

   sabhā samāpt hone par ham donõ gāṛī lauṭe

   Once the meeting had ended, we both returned to the car

3. association

Declension

Declension of सभा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सभा sabhā	सभाएँ sabhāẽ
oblique	सभा sabhā	सभाओं sabhāõ
vocative	सभा sabhā	सभाओ sabhāo

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “सभा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सभा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सभा (sabhā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sə.bʱa/

Noun

सभा • (sabhā) f

1. meeting, assembly

   Synonym: बैठक (baiṭhak)

2. conference

Declension

Declension of सभा (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	सभा sabhā
direct plural	सभा sabhā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	सभा sabhā		सभा sabhā
oblique सामान्यरूप	सभे sabhe		सभां- sabhān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	सभेला sabhelā		सभांना sabhānnā
ergative	सभेने, सभेनं sabhene, sabhena		सभांनी sabhānnī
instrumental	सभेशी sabheśī		सभांशी sabhānśī
locative सप्तमी	सभेत sabhet		सभांत sabhāt
vocative संबोधन	सभे sabhe		सभांनो sabhānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of सभा (fem ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	सभेचा sabheċā	सभेचे sabheċe	सभेची sabhecī	सभेच्या sabhecā	सभेचे, सभेचं sabheċe, sabheċa	सभेची sabhecī	सभेच्या sabhecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	सभांचा sabhānċā	सभांचे sabhānċe	सभांची sabhāñcī	सभांच्या sabhāncā	सभांचे, सभांचं sabhānċe, sabhānċa	सभांची sabhāñcī	सभांच्या sabhāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• सभापती (sabhāptī, “chairman”)
• सभासद (sabhāsad, “member”)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “सभा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• sabhā (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀪𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• সভা (Bengali script)
• සභා (Sinhalese script)
• သဘာ or သꧤႃ (Burmese script)
• สภา or สะภา (Thai script)
• ᩈᨽᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ສຠາ or ສະຠາ (Lao script)
• សភា (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄞𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

सभा f

1. Devanagari script form of sabhā

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সভা (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬪᬵ (Balinese script)
• সভা (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰥𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀪𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• သဘာ (Burmese script)
• સભા (Gujarati script)
• ਸਭਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌭𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦨꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂦𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಭಾ (Kannada script)
• សភា (Khmer script)
• ສຠາ (Lao script)
• സഭാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᢨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘥𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠪᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧅𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐨𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସଭା (Odia script)
• ꢱꢩꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆨𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖥𑖯 (Siddham script)
• සභා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩳𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚡𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஸப⁴ா (Tamil script)
• సభా (Telugu script)
• สภา (Thai script)
• ས་བྷཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒦𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨡𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Often analyzed as स- (sa-, “with”) +‎ भाष् (bhāṣ, “to speak”), taking the primary meaning as "colloquium", with the final consonant dropping out. However, the original meaning was probably "building", whence the current meaning of "assembly, hall", which would make this interpretation difficult to accept. Alternative connections to Proto-Germanic *sibjō (“relationship”), whence German Sippe (“clan”), and to Iranian are unconvincing.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.bʱɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ.bʱɑː/

Noun

सभा • (sabhā) stem, f

1. an assembly, congregation, meeting, council, public audience
2. social party, society, good society
3. a place for public meetings, large assembly-room or hall, palace, court of a king or of justice, council-chamber, gambling-house
4. a house for lodging and accommodating travellers

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of सभा (sabhā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सभा sabhā	सभे sabhe	सभाः sabhāḥ
Vocative	सभे sabhe	सभे sabhe	सभाः sabhāḥ
Accusative	सभाम् sabhām	सभे sabhe	सभाः sabhāḥ
Instrumental	सभया / सभा¹ sabhayā / sabhā¹	सभाभ्याम् sabhābhyām	सभाभिः sabhābhiḥ
Dative	सभायै sabhāyai	सभाभ्याम् sabhābhyām	सभाभ्यः sabhābhyaḥ
Ablative	सभायाः / सभायै² sabhāyāḥ / sabhāyai²	सभाभ्याम् sabhābhyām	सभाभ्यः sabhābhyaḥ
Genitive	सभायाः / सभायै² sabhāyāḥ / sabhāyai²	सभयोः sabhayoḥ	सभानाम् sabhānām
Locative	सभायाम् sabhāyām	सभयोः sabhayoḥ	सभासु sabhāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• देवसभा (devasabhā)
• धर्मसभा (dharmasabhā)
• सभेय (sabheya)
• सभ्य (sabhya)

 

Descendants

• Assamese: সভা (xobha)
• Bengali: সভা (śobha)
• Hindi: सभा (sabhā)
• Pali: sabhā
  • → Khmer: សភា (saʼphiə)
  • → Lao: ສະພາ (sa phā)
  • → Northern Thai: ᩈᨽᩣ
  • → Shan: သၽႃး (sǎ pháa)
  • → Thai: สภา (sà-paa)
• → Malayalam: സഭ (sabha) (semi-learned)
• Marathi: सभा (sabhā)
• → Old Javanese: sabhā
  • Javanese: ꦱꦧ (saba), ꦱꦺꦧ (séba)
  • → Balinese: ᬲᬪᬵ (saba)
• → Telugu: సభ (sabha)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “सभा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1151/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 701
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 433-434