Where does “अभ्र” come from?
अभ्र (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian abʰrás, from Proto-Indo-European n̥bʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European nebʰ- — to become damp, cloudy.
अभ्र (Sanskrit): cloud, thunder-cloud, rainy weather; sky,...
Definitions
- cloud, thunder-cloud, rainy weather; sky,...
Ancestry of “अभ्र”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | abʰrás | cloud, raincloud |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥bʰrós | rain-cloud, with semantic narrowing to rain,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | nebʰ- | to become damp, cloudy |
Words derived from “अभ्र”