डिम्ब

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Along with डिम्भ (ḍimbha) and डिम्बिका (ḍimbikā), possibly borrowed from substrate.

Pronunciation

Noun

डिम्ब • (ḍimba) stem, ?

  1. egg

Descendants

  • Assamese: ডিম (dim), ডিমা (dima)
  • Bengali: ডিম্ব (ḍimbo), ডিম (ḍim)
  • Kamta: ডিমা (ḍima)
  • Sylheti: ꠒꠤꠝ (ḍim)

References

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