जम्भ
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- tooth, eyetooth, tusk
- swallowing
- one who crushes or swallows (as a demon)
- name of several demons (conquered by Vishnu, Krishna or Indra)
- a leader of the demons in the war against the gods under Indra
- Indra's thunderbolt
- charm (?)
- quiver
- part, portion
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ámbʰas inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ámbʰas inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (tooth, peg, row of teeth, teeth).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵómbʰos
Gloss
tooth, peg, row of teeth, teeth
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
歯
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backcomb English
- coaming English
- cockscomb English
- comb English
- combability English
- combable English
- combed English
- comber English
- combest English
- combeth English
- combfish English
- combjelly English
- combless English
- comblike English
- combover English
- combwise English
- currycomb English
- flaxcomb English
- gomphosis English
- honeycomb English
- horse-comb English
- microcomb English
- polycomb English
- recomb English
- uncomb English
- gomphus Latin
- γόμφος Ancient Greek
- *ǵómbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵómbʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *kambaz Proto-Germanic
- comb Middle English
- जंभ Hindi
- जबड़ा Hindi
- ծամել Armenian
- γοφός Greek (modern)
- γόμφος Greek (modern)
- zobens Latvian
- zobs Latvian
- zobārstniecība Latvian
- zobārsts Latvian
- ծամեմ Old Armenian
- *ȷ́ámbʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ȷ́ámbʰas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- kuum̧ Marshallese
- kom Tok Pisin
- konim Tok Pisin
- *dzamba Proto-Albanian
- *źámbas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *zámbah Proto-Iranian
- *gómpʰos Proto-Hellenic
- ژامه Pashto, Pushto
- *keme Proto-Tocharian