"Amba" meaning in English

See Amba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Sanskrit अम्बा (ambā). Etymology templates: {{der|en|sa|अम्बा}} Sanskrit अम्बा (ambā) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Amba
  1. (Hinduism) Name of the eldest daughter of the king of Kasi in the epic Mahabharata. Tags: Hinduism Categories (topical): Hinduism, Mahabharata Translations (princess of Kasi): অম্বা (omba) (Bengali), અંબા (ambā) (Gujarati), अम्बा (ambā) (Hindi), ಅಂಬೆ (ambe) (Kannada), അംബ (amba) (Malayalam), अंबा (ambā) (Marathi), अम्बा (ambā) (Nepali), Амба (Amba) [feminine] (Russian), अम्बा (ambā) (Sanskrit), அம்பா (ampā) (Tamil), అంబ (amba) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-Amba-en-name-UCLdZbJf Disambiguation of Mahabharata: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'princess of Kasi': 100 0
  2. A female given name from Sanskrit Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Amba-en-name-3Eent93z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 65

Download JSON data for Amba meaning in English (3.5kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "अम्बा"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit अम्बा (ambā)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sanskrit अम्बा (ambā).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Amba",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Hinduism",
          "orig": "en:Hinduism",
          "parents": [
            "India",
            "Religion",
            "Asia",
            "Culture",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mahabharata",
          "orig": "en:Mahabharata",
          "parents": [
            "Hinduism",
            "India",
            "Religion",
            "Asia",
            "Culture",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Name of the eldest daughter of the king of Kasi in the epic Mahabharata."
      ],
      "id": "en-Amba-en-name-UCLdZbJf",
      "links": [
        [
          "Hinduism",
          "Hinduism"
        ],
        [
          "Kasi",
          "Kasi"
        ],
        [
          "Mahabharata",
          "Mahabharata"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hinduism) Name of the eldest daughter of the king of Kasi in the epic Mahabharata."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hinduism"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "omba",
          "sense": "princess of Kasi",
          "word": "অম্বা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "ambā",
          "sense": "princess of Kasi",
          "word": "અંબા"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ambā",
          "sense": "princess of Kasi",
          "word": "अम्बा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "ambe",
          "sense": "princess of Kasi",
          "word": "ಅಂಬೆ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "amba",
          "sense": "princess of Kasi",
          "word": "അംബ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "ambā",
          "sense": "princess of Kasi",
          "word": "अंबा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "ambā",
          "sense": "princess of Kasi",
          "word": "अम्बा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Amba",
          "sense": "princess of Kasi",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Амба"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "ambā",
          "sense": "princess of Kasi",
          "word": "अम्बा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "ampā",
          "sense": "princess of Kasi",
          "word": "அம்பா"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "amba",
          "sense": "princess of Kasi",
          "word": "అంబ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English female given names",
          "parents": [
            "Female given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name from Sanskrit"
      ],
      "id": "en-Amba-en-name-3Eent93z",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Amba"
  ],
  "word": "Amba"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Mahabharata"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "अम्बा"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit अम्बा (ambā)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sanskrit अम्बा (ambā).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Amba",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Hinduism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Name of the eldest daughter of the king of Kasi in the epic Mahabharata."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hinduism",
          "Hinduism"
        ],
        [
          "Kasi",
          "Kasi"
        ],
        [
          "Mahabharata",
          "Mahabharata"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hinduism) Name of the eldest daughter of the king of Kasi in the epic Mahabharata."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hinduism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English female given names",
        "English female given names from Sanskrit",
        "English given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name from Sanskrit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "omba",
      "sense": "princess of Kasi",
      "word": "অম্বা"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "ambā",
      "sense": "princess of Kasi",
      "word": "અંબા"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ambā",
      "sense": "princess of Kasi",
      "word": "अम्बा"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "ambe",
      "sense": "princess of Kasi",
      "word": "ಅಂಬೆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "amba",
      "sense": "princess of Kasi",
      "word": "അംബ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ambā",
      "sense": "princess of Kasi",
      "word": "अंबा"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "ambā",
      "sense": "princess of Kasi",
      "word": "अम्बा"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Amba",
      "sense": "princess of Kasi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Амба"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ambā",
      "sense": "princess of Kasi",
      "word": "अम्बा"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "ampā",
      "sense": "princess of Kasi",
      "word": "அம்பா"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "amba",
      "sense": "princess of Kasi",
      "word": "అంబ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Amba"
  ],
  "word": "Amba"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-01 using wiktextract (0b52755 and 5cb0836). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.