लभ्

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Sanskrit

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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)

  1. to gain, possess

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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