गर्भिणी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

গৰ্ভিণী (Assamese script)
ᬕᬃᬪᬶᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
গর্ভিণী (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰨𑰿𑰥𑰰𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ဂရ်္ဘိဏီ (Burmese script)
ગર્ભિણી (Gujarati script)
ਗਰ੍ਭਿਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌿𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦂꦨꦶꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂩𑂹𑂦𑂱𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಗರ್ಭಿಣೀ (Kannada script)
គភ៌ិណី (Khmer script)
ຄຣ຺ຠິຓີ (Lao script)
ഗര്ഭിണീ (Malayalam script)
ᡤᠠᡵᢨᡳᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘨𑘿𑘥𑘱𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠺᠠᠷᠪᠾᠢᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧈𑧠𑧅𑧒𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑐬𑑂𑐨𑐶𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
ଗର୍ଭିଣୀ (Odia script)
ꢔꢬ꣄ꢩꢶꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑆫𑇀𑆨𑆴𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖨𑖿𑖥𑖰𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
ගර්‍භිණී (Sinhalese script)
𑩞𑩼 𑪙𑩳𑩑𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚤𑚶𑚡𑚮𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
க³ர்பி⁴ணீ (Tamil script)
గర్భిణీ (Telugu script)
ครฺภิณี (Thai script)
ག་རྦྷི་ཎཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑒩𑓂𑒦𑒱𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑨫𑩇𑨡𑨁𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From गर्भ (garbhá, “fetus, embryo”) +‎ -इन् (-in).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾ.bʱí.ɳiː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾˈbʱi.ɳiː/

Adjective

गर्भिणी • (garbhíṇī) stem

pregnant, impregnated
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.29.2:
  अरण्योर्निहितो जातवेदा गर्भ इव सुधितो गर्भिणीषु।
  aráṇyorníhito jātávedā gárbha iva súdhito garbhíṇīṣu
  In the two fire-sticks the Fire God lieth, just like the well-placed embryo in pregnant women.
filled with

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of गर्भिणी (garbhíṇī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गर्भिणी garbhíṇī	गर्भिण्यौ / गर्भिणी¹ garbhíṇyau / garbhíṇī¹	गर्भिण्यः / गर्भिणीः¹ garbhíṇyaḥ / garbhíṇīḥ¹
Vocative	गर्भिणि gárbhiṇi	गर्भिण्यौ / गर्भिणी¹ gárbhiṇyau / gárbhiṇī¹	गर्भिण्यः / गर्भिणीः¹ gárbhiṇyaḥ / gárbhiṇīḥ¹
Accusative	गर्भिणीम् garbhíṇīm	गर्भिण्यौ / गर्भिणी¹ garbhíṇyau / garbhíṇī¹	गर्भिणीः garbhíṇīḥ
Instrumental	गर्भिण्या garbhíṇyā	गर्भिणीभ्याम् garbhíṇībhyām	गर्भिणीभिः garbhíṇībhiḥ
Dative	गर्भिण्यै garbhíṇyai	गर्भिणीभ्याम् garbhíṇībhyām	गर्भिणीभ्यः garbhíṇībhyaḥ
Ablative	गर्भिण्याः / गर्भिण्यै² garbhíṇyāḥ / garbhíṇyai²	गर्भिणीभ्याम् garbhíṇībhyām	गर्भिणीभ्यः garbhíṇībhyaḥ
Genitive	गर्भिण्याः / गर्भिण्यै² garbhíṇyāḥ / garbhíṇyai²	गर्भिण्योः garbhíṇyoḥ	गर्भिणीनाम् garbhíṇīnām
Locative	गर्भिण्याम् garbhíṇyām	गर्भिण्योः garbhíṇyoḥ	गर्भिणीषु garbhíṇīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Borrowed terms

Hindi: गर्भिणी (garbhiṇī)
Kannada: ಗರ್ಭಿಣಿ (garbhiṇi)
Malayalam: ഗർഭിണി (gaṟbhiṇi)
Marathi: गर्भिणी (garbhiṇī)
Tamil: கருப்பிணி (karuppiṇi)

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀕𑀪𑀺𑀦𑀻 (gabhinī /⁠gabbhinī⁠/)
- Prakrit: *𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀡𑀻 (*gabbhiṇī)
  - Central:
    - Hindi: गाभिन (gābhin), गाभन (gābhan)
  - Eastern:
    - Assamese: গাভিনী (gabhini)
    - Bengali: গাভিন (gabhin)
    - Sylheti: ꠉꠣꠜꠤꠘ (gabíno)
  - Northwestern:
    - Lahnda: گبھݨ (gabbhaṇ)
    - Punjabi: ਗੱਭਣ (gabbhaṇ)
    - Sindhi: ڳَڀِڻِ (g̠abhiṇi)
  - Southern:
    - Marathi: गाभीण (gābhīṇ), गाभंण (gābhanṇa)
    - Sinhalese: ගැබිණි (gæbiṇi)
  - Western:
    - Gujarati: ગાભણ (gābhaṇ)
    - Romani: khabni
Dardic:
- Khowar: گاربین (garbiín)
Niya Prakrit: 𐨒𐨪𐨿𐨧𐨁𐨣𐨁 (garbhini)
Pali: gabbhinī

References

Monier Williams (1899) “गर्भिणी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 350/2.