Lab: 3 definitions

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Lab means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lab (लब्).—[(i) labi] r. 1st cl. (lambate) 1. To sound. 2. To fall or tumble, to be prostrate. With aba prefixed, 1. To hold, to support. 2. To hang from or on, to depend from. 3. To rest upon. 4. To hang with head downwards. With āṅ, To trust in, to depend on. With vi, 1. To hang from. 2. To decline, to set. 3. To stay, to remain. 4. To delay, to detain. With uda, To stand erect.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lab (लब्):—(i, ḍa) laṃbate 1. d. To sound; to tumble. With ava to hold up; ā to trust in; vi to delay.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Lab in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) lip; brim; rim; edge; bank (of a river etc.); ~[reja] full to the brim; -[e-dariya] on the bank of a river; -[e-sadaka] by/beside the road, on the road-side; -[o-lahaja] delivery, manner of speaking, —[khushka hona] the lips to get dried up; to be scared mute; —[kholana] to speak out; —[para ana] to find expression; to be on the verge of being expressed; —[sina] to be tongue-tied, to keep quiet; [labom para dama ana] to be on the verge of death..—lab (लब) is alternatively transliterated as Laba.

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