रंभा

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɾəm.bʱɑː/, [ɾɐ̃m.bʱäː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀭𑀁𑀪 (*raṃbha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) (compare Prakrit 𑀭𑀁𑀪𑀇 (raṃbhaï), 𑀭𑀁𑀨𑀇 (raṃphaï), 𑀭𑀁𑀧𑀇 (raṃpaï, “to scrape”)). Cognate with Gujarati રાંભો (rā̃bho), Marathi रंभा (rambhā).

Noun

रंभा • (rambhā) m (Urdu spelling رَمْبَھا)

  1. crowbar
Declension
Declension of रंभा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct रंभा
rambhā		 रंभे
rambhe
oblique रंभे
rambhe		 रंभों
rambhõ
vocative रंभे
rambhe		 रंभो
rambho

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रम्भा (rambhā).

Proper noun

रंभा • (rambhā) f (Urdu spelling رَمْبَھا)

  1. (Hinduism) Rambha (mythical queen of the Apsaras)
Declension
Declension of रंभा (sg-only fem ā-stem)
singular
direct रंभा
rambhā
oblique रंभा
rambhā
vocative रंभा
rambhā

Further reading

Marathi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀭𑀁𑀪 (*raṃbha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) (compare Prakrit 𑀭𑀁𑀪𑀇 (raṃbhaï), 𑀭𑀁𑀨𑀇 (raṃphaï), 𑀭𑀁𑀧𑀇 (raṃpaï, “to scrape”)). Cognate with Gujarati રાંભો (rā̃bho), Hindustani رَمْبَھا (rambhā) / रंभा (rambhā).

Noun

रंभा • (rambhā) m

  1. crowbar
Declension
Declension of रंभा (masc ā-stem)
direct
singular		 रंभा
rambhā
direct
plural		 रंभे
rambhe
singular
एकवचन		 plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा		 रंभा
rambhā		 रंभे
rambhe
oblique
सामान्यरूप		 रंभ्या
rambhyā		 रंभ्यां-
rambhyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी		 रंभ्याला
rambhyālā		 रंभ्यांना
rambhyānnā
ergative रंभ्याने, रंभ्यानं
rambhyāne, rambhyāna		 रंभ्यांनी
rambhyānnī
instrumental रंभ्याशी
rambhyāśī		 रंभ्यांशी
rambhyānśī
locative
सप्तमी		 रंभ्यात
rambhyāt		 रंभ्यांत
rambhyāt
vocative
संबोधन		 रंभ्या
rambhyā		 रंभ्यांनो
rambhyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of रंभा (masc ā-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म		 feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		 neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		 oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन		 plural
अनेकवचन		 singular
एकवचन		 plural
अनेकवचन		 singular*
एकवचन		 plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता		 रंभ्याचा
rambhyāċā		 रंभ्याचे
rambhyāċe		 रंभ्याची
rambhyācī		 रंभ्याच्या
rambhyācā		 रंभ्याचे, रंभ्याचं
rambhyāċe, rambhyāċa		 रंभ्याची
rambhyācī		 रंभ्याच्या
rambhyācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता		 रंभ्यांचा
rambhyānċā		 रंभ्यांचे
rambhyānċe		 रंभ्यांची
rambhyāñcī		 रंभ्यांच्या
rambhyāncā		 रंभ्यांचे, रंभ्यांचं
rambhyānċe, rambhyānċa		 रंभ्यांची
rambhyāñcī		 रंभ्यांच्या
rambhyāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रम्भा (rambhā). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘨𑘽𑘥𑘰 (raṃbhā).

Proper noun

रंभा • (rambhā) f

  1. Rambha (mythical queen of the Apsaras)

Noun

रंभा • (rambhā) f

  1. plantain

Further reading
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “रंभा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2591.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “रंभा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 684
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rampati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 615

Old Marathi

Noun

रंभा (raṃbhā) f

  1. Devanagari script form of 𑘨𑘽𑘥𑘰 (“dancing girl, whore”)
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