Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. The hapax legomenon कियाम्बु (kiyāmbu, water-lily) appears to be a prefixed form of this word. Together with it and अम्भ, it may be of substrate origin.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

अम्बु (ambu) stemn

  1. water
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जल

References edit

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “अम्बु”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]