स्तभ्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• स्तम्भ् (stambh)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্তভ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬢᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
• স্তভ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သ္တဘ် (Burmese script)
• સ્તભ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਤਭ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦠꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂦𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ತಭ್ (Kannada script)
• ស្តភ៑ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຕຠ຺ (Lao script)
• സ്തഭ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᢠᠠᢨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢐᠠᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ତଭ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢡꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්තභ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩳 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚡𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸ்தப்⁴ (Tamil script)
• స్తభ్ (Telugu script)
• สฺตภฺ (Thai script)
• སྟ་བྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨡𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stand still, harden; prop up, support; pole”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *stьbъ (“stem, stalk”), Old Church Slavonic степень (stepenĭ, “stair”); English step, stop, stamp, stomp, stump, staff, stiff; Proto-Finnic *sambas (“pillar”) (whence sampo).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stɐbʱ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ɐbʱ/

Root

स्तभ् • (stabh)

1. to fix firmly, support, sustain, prop
2. to hold up
3. to stop, arrest, make stiff

Derived terms

• स्तम्भते (stámbhate)
• स्तभ्नाति (stabhnā́ti)
• स्तम्भ (stámbha)
• स्तब्ध (stabdha)

 

References

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