शलभ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शलभ (śalabha).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃə.ləbʱ/, [ʃɐ.lɐbʱ]

Noun

शलभ • (śalabh) m

  1. locust, grasshopper
  2. moth
    Synonym: पतंगा (pataṅgā)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

शलभ • (śalabha) stem, m

  1. locust
  2. grasshopper
  3. cricket

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शलभ
Nom. sg. शलभः (śalabhaḥ)
Gen. sg. शलभस्य (śalabhasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शलभः (śalabhaḥ) शलभौ (śalabhau) शलभाः (śalabhāḥ)
Vocative शलभ (śalabha) शलभौ (śalabhau) शलभाः (śalabhāḥ)
Accusative शलभम् (śalabham) शलभौ (śalabhau) शलभान् (śalabhān)
Instrumental शलभेन (śalabhena) शलभाभ्याम् (śalabhābhyām) शलभैः (śalabhaiḥ)
Dative शलभाय (śalabhāya) शलभाभ्याम् (śalabhābhyām) शलभेभ्यः (śalabhebhyaḥ)
Ablative शलभात् (śalabhāt) शलभाभ्याम् (śalabhābhyām) शलभेभ्यः (śalabhebhyaḥ)
Genitive शलभस्य (śalabhasya) शलभयोः (śalabhayoḥ) शलभानाम् (śalabhānām)
Locative शलभे (śalabhe) शलभयोः (śalabhayoḥ) शलभेषु (śalabheṣu)

Derived terms

  • शलभी (śalabhī, grasshopper, locust)
  • शालभञ्जिका (śālabhañjikā, meretrix, courtesan)
  • चित्रशलभ (citraśalabha, butterfly)

Descendants

  • English: salabhasana
  • Hindi: शलभ (śalabh)
  • Telugu: శలభము (śalabhamu), శలభం (śalabhaṁ)

References

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “śalabha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  • Monier Williams (1899) “शलभ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1059.
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