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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- লভ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
- লভ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- လဘ် (Burmese script)
- લભ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਲਭ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂦𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಲಭ್ (Kannada script)
- លភ៑ (Khmer script)
- ລຠ຺ (Lao script)
- ലഭ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᠠᢨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠠᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଲଭ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢭꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ලභ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩳 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚡𑚶 (Takri script)
- லப்⁴ (Tamil script)
- లభ్ (Telugu script)
- ลภฺ (Thai script)
- ལ་བྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨡𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *labʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *lebʰ- (“to work, harvest, gain, profit”). Compare perhaps Lithuanian lõbis (“treasure, wealth”), Ancient Greek λᾰ́φῡρᾰ (láphūra, “spoils of war, booty”).
Pronunciation
Root
लभ् • (labh)
- to gain, possess
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “लभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 896/2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 145
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 434-5; 474
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 185-186