स्तम्भ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • স্তম্ভ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬲ᭄ᬢᬫ᭄ᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • স্তম্ভ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰦𑰿𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀫𑁆𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • သ္တမ္ဘ် (Burmese script)
  • સ્તમ્ભ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ੍ਤਮ੍ਭ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍍𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦱ꧀ꦠꦩ꧀ꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂧𑂹𑂦𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಸ್ತಮ್ಭ್ (Kannada script)
  • ស្តម្ភ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ສ຺ຕມ຺ຠ຺ (Lao script)
  • സ്തമ്ഭ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠰᢠᠠᠮᢨ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘦𑘿𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠰᢐᠠᠮᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧆𑧠𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐩𑑂𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ସ୍ତମ୍ଭ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢱ꣄ꢡꢪ꣄ꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆩𑇀𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖦𑖿𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ස‍්තම‍්භ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩴 𑪙𑩳 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚢𑚶𑚡𑚶 (Takri script)
  • ஸ்தம்ப்⁴ (Tamil script)
  • స్తమ్భ్ (Telugu script)
  • สฺตมฺภฺ (Thai script)
  • སྟ་མྦྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒧𑓂𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨢𑩇𑨡𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stand still, harden; prop up, support; pole”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *stьbъ (“stem, stalk”), Old Church Slavonic степень (stepenĭ, “stair”); English step, stop, stamp, stomp, stump, staff, stiff.

Pronunciation

Root

स्तम्भ् • (stambh)

  1. Alternative form of स्तभ् (stabh)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “स्तम्भ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1258/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 754
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