अलाबु (alAbu)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 अलाबु f.
  (-बुः) A long gourd. See the next word.

Capeller Eng

English

 अला॑बु (अला॑°बू) f.
  the bottle gourd
 m.
  n.
  a vessel made
of the b. g.
 

Yates

English

 अलाबु (बुः) 2.
f.
  A long gourd.

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

अलाबु 	-	  alAbu 	-	 f.
  	-	  bottle-gourd
तुम्ब 	-	  tumba 	-	 m.
  	-	 bottle gourd  [ Lagenaria vulgaris - Bot. ]
अलाबुका 	-	  alAbukA 	-	 f.
  	-	  bottle-gourd
पिण्डी 	-	  piNDI 	-	 f.
  	-	 bottle gourd  [ Cucurbita Lagenaria - Bot. ]
अलाबू 	-	  alAbU 	-	 f.
  	-	  bottle-gourd
क्षीरतुम्बी 	-	  kSIratumbI 	-	 f.
  	-	  bottle-gourd
श्रमघ्नी 	-	  zramaghnI 	-	 f.
  	-	 bottle gourd fruit  [ Cucurbita Lagenaria - Bot. ]
अलाबुमय 	-	  alAbumaya 	-	 adj.
  	-	  made of a bottle-gourd
अलाबु 	-	  alAbu 	-	 n.
  	-	  fruit of the bottle-gourd
अलाबुक 	-	  alAbuka 	-	 n.
  	-	  fruit of the bottle-gourd
अलाबुसुहृद् 	-	  alAbusuhRd 	-	 m.
  	-	  friend of the bottle-gourd
अलाबुगन्धि 	-	  alAbugandhi 	-	 adj.
  	-	  smelling of the bottle-gourd
अलाबुपात्र 	-	  alAbupAtra 	-	 n.
  	-	  jar made of the bottle-gourd
अलाबु 	-	  alAbu 	-	 m.
 n.
  	-	  vessel made of the bottle-gourd
अलाबुवीणा 	-	  alAbuvINA 	-	 f.
  	-	  lute of the shape of a bottle-gourd
जलतुम्बिकान्याय 	-	  jalatumbikAnyAya 	-	 m.
  	-	  method of the water and the bottle-gourd

Wilson

English

 अलाबु
f.
  (-बुः) A long gourd. See the next word.

Apte

English

अलाबुः [alābuḥ] बूः [būḥ],  बूः f.
  [न-लम्बते
 न-लम्ब्-उ-णित् नलोपश्च वृद्धिः Tv] The bottle-gourd. -बु (n. )

A vessel made of gourd.

A fruit of the gourd which is very light and floats in water
 किं हि नामैतत् अम्बुनि मज्जन्त्यलाबूनि ग्रावाणः प्लवन्त इति Mv.*
  1
 Ms.*
  6.54. Comp.
   -कटम् the dust orown (रजः) of the bottle-gourd. -पात्रम् a jar made of the bottle-gourd
 Av.*
  8.1.29. -वीणा A lute of the shape of a gourd.

Apte 1890

English

 अलाबुः 
बूः f. [न-लंबते
 न-लंब्-उणित् नलोपश्च वृद्धिः Tv.] The bottle-gourd. 
बु (n.) 1 A vessel made of gourd. 
2 A fruit of the gourd which is very light and floats in water
 किं हि नामैतत् अंबुनि मज्जंत्यलाबूनि ग्रावाणः प्लवंत इति Mv. 1
 Ms. 6. 54. 
Comp. 
कटं the dust or down (रजः) of the bottle-gourd. 
पात्रं a jar made of the bottle-gourd. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 अला॑बु f.
  the bottle-gourd (Lagenaria Vulgaris Ser),  Suśr.
  &c.
  

 अला॑बु mn.  a vessel made of the bottle-gourd,  AV.
   &c.
  

 (used by Brāhmanical ascetics),  Mn.
   vi,  54
 Jain.
  

 अला॑बु n.
  the fruit of the bottle-gourd,  MBh.
   ii,  2196,  &c.
  

Monier Williams 1872

English

 अलाबु अ-लाबु,  उस् or ऊ,  ऊस्,  f. (fr. अ,  ‘not, ’
and लब्,  ‘to sink?’),  the bottle-gourd,  Lagernaria
Vulgaris Ser
 (उस्,  उ),  m. n. a vessel made of the
preceding.
—अलाबु-पात्र,  अम्,  n. a jar made of the
bottle-gourd.
—अलाबु-मय,  अस्,  ई,  अम्,  made of a
bottle-gourd.
—अलाबू-कट,  अम्,  n. the down of the
bottle-gourd.

 अलाबु
 add — (उ),  n. the fruit of the Alābu.

Macdonell

English

 अलाबु alā́bu,  °बू -bū,  f.
  gourd
 m.
  n.
  its 🞄fruit
 gourd-bottle
 -maya,  a.
  made of a 🞄gourd.

Benfey

English

 अलाबु अलाबु,  f.
  A long gourd,  a
gourd-bottle,  Man.  6,  54.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

अलाबुः
स्त्री*
  - न- लम्बते
लंबी लौकी

अलाबु
नपुं*
   - -
तुमड़ी का बना  पान पात्र

अलाबु
नपुं*
   - -
तुमड़ी का हलका फल जो पानी पर तैरता है ।

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

अलाबु
पदविभागः - > नपुंसकलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಸೋರೆಕಾಯಿ
अलाबु
पदविभागः - > नपुंसकलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಸೋರೆ ಬುರುಡೆ

L R Vaidya

English

 alAbu(bU) {% (I) f. %} A kind of gourd.

 alAbu(bU) {% (II) n. %} 1. A vessel made of gourd
 2. a fruit of this gourd,  which,  being light,  floats on water,  thus we have किं हि नामैतत् । अम्बुनिमज्जन्त्यलाबूनि ग्रावाणः प्लवन्त इति in the Mv.)

Wordnet

Sanskrit

Synonyms:
  अलाबु,  अलाबू
noun
 
अलाबुकालतायाः  दीर्घं तथा च कृशं फलं यद् सागार्थे उपयुज्यते।
 "माता अलाबुनः सागं पचति।"

Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

ku ba
१) अलाबु २) तुम्बी

sku ba
१) अलाबु २) तुम्बक

Vedic Reference

English

 Alābu. — The bottle-gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Vessels
made of it are referred to in the Atharvaveda.^1
1) viii. 10,  29. 30
 xx. 132,  1. 2. Cf. alāpu in Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā,  iv. 2,  13.

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 अला(बु)बू स्त्री न लम्बते न + लबि--उ णित् नलोपश्च वृद्धिः ।(लाउ),  तुम्ब्याम् । वा ऊङि । अलाबूश्चात्र । “अलाबूंवर्त्तुलाकारां वार्ताकुं कुन्दसन्निभाम् स्मृतिः” ।

Capeller

German

 अला॑बु (auch
°बू) f.
  Flaschengurke
 m.
  n.
 
die Frucht ders. u. ein Gefäß daraus
(zum Schröpfen).

Burnouf

French

 अलाबु अलाबु et अलाबू f.
  cucurbita lagenaris, 
gourde,  bot.

Stchoupak

French

 अलाबु-
 f.
  courge 
 m.
  nt. assiette taillée dans une courge 
 nt. courge
(fruit).

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