बिम्ब

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

বিম্ব (Assamese script)
ᬩᬶᬫ᭄ᬩ (Balinese script)
বিম্ব (Bengali script)
𑰤𑰰𑰦𑰿𑰤 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀩𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀩 (Brahmi script)
ဗိမ္ဗ (Burmese script)
બિમ્બ (Gujarati script)
ਬਿਮ੍ਬ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌬𑌿𑌮𑍍𑌬 (Grantha script)
ꦧꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (Javanese script)
𑂥𑂱𑂧𑂹𑂥 (Kaithi script)
ಬಿಮ್ಬ (Kannada script)
ពិម្ព (Khmer script)
ພິມ຺ພ (Lao script)
ബിമ്ബ (Malayalam script)
ᠪᡳᠮᠪᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘤𑘱𑘦𑘿𑘤 (Modi script)
ᠪᠢᠮᠪᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧄𑧒𑧆𑧠𑧄 (Nandinagari script)
𑐧𑐶𑐩𑑂𑐧 (Newa script)
ବିମ୍ବ (Odia script)
ꢨꢶꢪ꣄ꢨ (Saurashtra script)
𑆧𑆴𑆩𑇀𑆧 (Sharada script)
𑖤𑖰𑖦𑖿𑖤 (Siddham script)
බිම‍්බ (Sinhalese script)
𑩲𑩑𑩴 𑪙𑩲 (Soyombo script)
𑚠𑚮𑚢𑚶𑚠 (Takri script)
பி³ம்ப³ (Tamil script)
బిమ్బ (Telugu script)
พิมฺพ (Thai script)
བི་མྦ (Tibetan script)
𑒥𑒱𑒧𑓂𑒥 (Tirhuta script)
𑨠𑨁𑨢𑩇𑨠 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

Probably an independent formation of sound-symbolic origin, using bilabial stops to convey the image of a rounded object; compare Ancient Greek βέμβῐξ (bémbix, “spinning top; whirlpool”) for a similar formation, as well as the bouba-kiki effect for more on the phenomenon.

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bim.bɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbim.bɐ/

Noun edit

बिम्ब • (bimba) stem, m or n

the disc of the sun or moon
any sphere, orb, or disc (esp. of any rounded part of the body, such as the hips, buttocks, etc.)
a mirror
an image, shadow, reflection, picture, type
(rhetoric) the object compared (as opposed to प्रतिबिम्ब (pratibimba), the counterpart to which it is compared)

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of बिम्ब (bimba)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बिम्बः bimbaḥ	बिम्बौ / बिम्बा¹ bimbau / bimbā¹	बिम्बाः / बिम्बासः¹ bimbāḥ / bimbāsaḥ¹
Vocative	बिम्ब bimba	बिम्बौ / बिम्बा¹ bimbau / bimbā¹	बिम्बाः / बिम्बासः¹ bimbāḥ / bimbāsaḥ¹
Accusative	बिम्बम् bimbam	बिम्बौ / बिम्बा¹ bimbau / bimbā¹	बिम्बान् bimbān
Instrumental	बिम्बेन bimbena	बिम्बाभ्याम् bimbābhyām	बिम्बैः / बिम्बेभिः¹ bimbaiḥ / bimbebhiḥ¹
Dative	बिम्बाय bimbāya	बिम्बाभ्याम् bimbābhyām	बिम्बेभ्यः bimbebhyaḥ
Ablative	बिम्बात् bimbāt	बिम्बाभ्याम् bimbābhyām	बिम्बेभ्यः bimbebhyaḥ
Genitive	बिम्बस्य bimbasya	बिम्बयोः bimbayoḥ	बिम्बानाम् bimbānām
Locative	बिम्बे bimbe	बिम्बयोः bimbayoḥ	बिम्बेषु bimbeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of बिम्ब (bimba)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बिम्बम् bimbam	बिम्बे bimbe	बिम्बानि / बिम्बा¹ bimbāni / bimbā¹
Vocative	बिम्ब bimba	बिम्बे bimbe	बिम्बानि / बिम्बा¹ bimbāni / bimbā¹
Accusative	बिम्बम् bimbam	बिम्बे bimbe	बिम्बानि / बिम्बा¹ bimbāni / bimbā¹
Instrumental	बिम्बेन bimbena	बिम्बाभ्याम् bimbābhyām	बिम्बैः / बिम्बेभिः¹ bimbaiḥ / bimbebhiḥ¹
Dative	बिम्बाय bimbāya	बिम्बाभ्याम् bimbābhyām	बिम्बेभ्यः bimbebhyaḥ
Ablative	बिम्बात् bimbāt	बिम्बाभ्याम् bimbābhyām	बिम्बेभ्यः bimbebhyaḥ
Genitive	बिम्बस्य bimbasya	बिम्बयोः bimbayoḥ	बिम्बानाम् bimbānām
Locative	बिम्बे bimbe	बिम्बयोः bimbayoḥ	बिम्बेषु bimbeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun edit

बिम्ब • (bimba) stem, m

a lizard, chameleon

Descendants edit

→ Malayalam: ബിംബം (bimbaṁ)
→ Thai: พิมพ์ (pim)

References edit

Monier Williams (1899) “बिम्ब”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 731/3.
Apte, Macdonell (2022) “बिम्ब”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 225