दभ्

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰebʰ- (“to harm, deceive”). Cognate with Persian فریفتن (fariftan, “to deceive”), Old Armenian դաւ (daw, “deceit, conspiracy”) (an Iranian borrowing), Hittite (tepnu-, “to decrease, to humble”), and perhaps Ancient Greek ἀτέμβω (atémbō, “to maltreat; to be bereft of”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐbʱ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐbʱ/

दभ् • (dabh)

1. to harm, injure, destroy
2. to deceive, abandon

Primary Verbal Forms

Derived Nominal Forms

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