दर्भ

Sanskrit

noun
Definitions
  • (√2. दृभ्) a tuft or bunch of grass (esp. of कुश grass ; used for sacrificial purposes) RV. i, 191, 3 AV. &c.
  • N. of a grass (different from कुश and काश Suṡr. i, 38 ; Imperata cylindrica (syn. W.)) Lalit. xvii, 89 Suṡr.
  • (Pāṇ. 4-1, 102 ; g. कुर्व्-आदि v.l.) N. of a man Pravar. ii, 3, 1 (ĀṡvGṛ. Kāty. &c.)
  • ‘of a prince’ » दम्भ.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *darbʰás inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *darbʰás inherited from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ-, *dorbʰós, *derbʰ- (grass, tuft, wind, weave, twist, tie together).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*derbʰ-

Gloss

grass, tuft, wind, weave, twist, tie together

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

草

Emoji
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