śābdá mf(I)n. (fr. śabda) sonorous, sounding, [W.]
relating to sound (as opp. to ārtha, q.v.), [Sāh.]
based on sounds, expressed in words oral, verbal, (esp.) resting on or enjoined by sacred sound (i.e. on the Veda; with brahman. n. = ‘the Veda’), [ŚBr.] &c.
nominal (as inflection), [W.]
śābdá m. a philologist, grammarian, [RPrāt.]
śābdá m. pl. a partic. sect, [Hcar.]