śabd (rather a Nom. śabdaya fr. śabda), cl. 10. P. (cf. Dhātup. xxxiii, 40) śabdayati, to make any noise or sound, cry aloud Śiś. Pañcat. BhP.

• to call, invoke Śaṃk. Kathās.

• (śabdāpayati, ○te), to call, address R.: Pass. śábdyate, to be sounded &c

• to be called MBh.

• (impers.) it is chattered Nir. i, 18

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William