रभ्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lebʰ- (to profit, gain). Compare perhaps Lithuanian lõbis (treasure, wealth), Ancient Greek λᾰ́φῡρᾰ (láphūra, war spoils, booty).

Pronunciation

Root

रभ् (rabh)

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

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “रभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0867.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “रभ्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 136
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “रभ्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 434-5