नभस्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Cognate with Latin nebula, Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos) and Hittite 𒉈𒂊𒁉𒅖 (nēpis).

Noun

नभस् • (nábhas) n

  1. mist, clouds, vapour (especially of Soma juice)
  2. the sky or atmosphere (in dual: heaven and earth)
  3. ether (as an element)

Descendants

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0527
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