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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. लाबlābaलाबकः [lābakḥ], लाबकः A sort of quail.

    लाबकः lābakḥ, लाबकः A sort of quail.

  2. अलाबुalābuबूः [būḥ], बूः f. [न-लम्बते; न-लम्ब्-उ-णित् नलोपश्च वृद्धिः Tv] The bottle-gourd.

    बूः būḥ, बूः Feminine [न-लम्बते; न-लम्ब्-उ-णित् नलोपश्च वृद्धिः Tv] The bottle-gourd.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -बु

      1. (Neuter)
      2. A vessel made of gourd.
      3. A fruit of the gourd which is very light and floats in water; किं हि नामैतत् अम्बुनि मज्जन्त्यलाबूनि ग्रावाणः प्लवन्त इति Mv.1; Ms.6.54.
    • -कटम् the dust orown (रजः) of the bottle-gourd.

    • -पात्रम् a jar made of the bottle-gourd; Av.8.1.29.

    • -वीणा A lute of the shape of a gourd.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. लाबlāba[lâba] m. kind of quail (Perdix chinen sis): -ka, m. id.

    [lâba] masculine kind of quail (Perdix chinen sis): -ka, masculine the same

  2. अलाबुalābualaNbu, ˚बू [-bû] f. gourd; m. n. its fruit; gourd-bottle; -maya, a. made of a gourd.

    alaNbu, ˚बू [-bû] feminine; also equal for gourd; masculine neuter its fruit; gourd-bottle; -maya, adjective made of a gourd.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. लाबlābam. (often written लाव) Perdix Chinensis R. Sus3r. (also f(आ).)
    1. masculine gender (often written लाव) Perdix Chinensis R. Sus3r. (also f(आ).)
    2. masculine gender a particular gait Sam2gi1t.
  2. अबलाबलabalābalamfn. "neither powerful nor powerless", N. of S3iva शिव .

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "neither powerful nor powerless", Name of S3iva शिव .

  3. अर्घबलाबलarghabalābalan. rate of price, proper price, the cheapness or dearness of commodities Mn. ix, 329 (cf. अर्घस्य ह्रासं…

    neuter gender rate of price, proper price, the cheapness or dearness of commodities Mn. ix, 329 (confer, compare अर्घस्य ह्रासं वृद्धिं व Ya1jn5. ii, 249) . Equivalent to

  4. अलाबुalābuf. the bottle-gourd (Lagenaria Vulgaris Ser) Sus3r. &c.
    1. feminine the bottle-gourd (Lagenaria Vulgaris Ser) Sus3r. etc.
    2. mn. a vessel made of the bottle-gourd AV. etc.
    3. feminine (used by Bra1hmanical Brahmanical ascetics) Mn. vi, 54 Jain.
    4. neuter gender the fruit of the bottle-gourd MBh. ii, 2196, etc.
  5. अलाबुकalābukan. the fruit of the bottle-gourd AV. xx, 132, 1 and 2

    neuter gender the fruit of the bottle-gourd AV. xx, 132, 1 and 2

  6. अलाबुकाalābukāf. the bottle-gourd L.

    feminine the bottle-gourd Lexicographers