# सभा
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सभा (sabhā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sə.bʱɑː/, [sɐ.bʱäː]

### Noun

सभा • (sabhā) f (Urdu spelling سبھا)
* assembly, council
* meeting
    सभा समाप्त होने पर हम दोनों गाड़ी लौटेsabhā samāpt hone par ham donõ gāṛī lauṭeOnce the meeting had ended, we both returned to the car
* association

#### Declension
### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सभा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सभा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सभा (sabhā).

### Pronunciation

IPA: /sə.bʱa/

### Noun

सभा • (sabhā) f
* meeting, assembly
    Synonym: बैठक (baiṭhak)
* conference

#### Derived terms

* सभापती (sabhāptī, “chairman”)
* सभासद (sabhāsad, “member”)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “सभा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* sabhā (Latin script)
* 𑀲𑀪𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* সভা (Bengali script)
* සභා (Sinhalese script)
* သဘာ or သꧤႃ (Burmese script)
* สภา or สะภา (Thai script)
* ᩈᨽᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ສຠາ or ສະຠາ (Lao script)
* សភា (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄞𑄂 (Chakma script)

### Noun

सभा f
* Devanagari script form of sabhā

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সভা (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬪᬵ (Balinese script)
* সভা (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰥𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀪𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* သဘာ (Burmese script)
* સભા (Gujarati script)
* ਸਭਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌭𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦨꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂦𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಭಾ (Kannada script)
* សភា (Khmer script)
* ສຠາ (Lao script)
* സഭാ (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠠᢨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘥𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠠᠪᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧅𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐨𑐵 (Newa script)
* ସଭା (Odia script)
* ꢱꢩꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆨𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖥𑖯 (Siddham script)
* සභා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩳𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚡𑚭 (Takri script)
* ஸப⁴ா (Tamil script)
* సభా (Telugu script)
* สภา (Thai script)
* ས་བྷཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒦𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨡𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Often analyzed as स- (sa-, “with”) +‎ भाष् (bhāṣ, “to speak”), taking the primary meaning as "colloquium", with the final consonant dropping out. However, the original meaning was probably "building", whence the current meaning of "assembly, hall", which would make this interpretation difficult to accept. Alternative connections to Proto-Germanic *sibjō (“relationship”), whence German Sippe (“clan”), and to Iranian are unconvincing.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐ.bʱɑ́ː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪ɐ.bʱɑː/

### Noun

सभा • (sabhā́) stem, f
* an assembly, congregation, meeting, council, public audience
* social party, society, good society
* a place for public meetings, large assembly-room or hall, palace, court of a king or of justice, council-chamber, gambling-house
* a house for lodging and accommodating travellers

#### Derived terms

* देवसभा (devasabhā)
* धर्मसभा (dharmasabhā)
* सभेय (sabheya)
* सभ्य (sabhya)

#### Descendants

* Assamese: সভা (xobha)
* Bengali: সভা (śobha)
* Hindi: सभा (sabhā)
* Pali: sabhā
** → Khmer: សភា (saʼphiə)
** → Lao: ສະພາ (sa phā)
** → Northern Thai: ᩈᨽᩣ
** → Shan: သၽႃး (sǎ pháa)
** → Thai: สภา (sà-paa)
* → Malayalam: സഭ (sabha) (semi-learned)
* Marathi: सभा (sabhā)
* → Old Javanese: sabhā
** Javanese: ꦱꦧ (saba), ꦱꦺꦧ (séba)
** → Balinese: ᬲᬪᬵ (saba)
* → Telugu: సభ (sabha)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “सभा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1151, column 2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 701
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 433-434