रभ्

• रम्भ् (rambh), लभ् (labh), लम्भ् (lambh)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *rabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *lebʰ- (“to profit, gain”). Compare perhaps Lithuanian lõbis (“treasure, wealth”), Ancient Greek λᾰ́φῡρᾰ (lắphūră, “war spoils, booty”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐbʱ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɐbʱ/

रभ् • (rabh)

1. to take hold of, grasp, clasp
2. to desire vehemently
3. to act rashly

Primary Verbal Forms

Derived Nominal Forms

• Monier Williams (1899) “रभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0867.
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