यभ्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hyabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃yebʰ- (“to copulate” < “to enter, penetrate”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

यभ् • (yabh)

1. to have sexual intercourse, to copulate

Derived terms

• यभति (yabhati, 1 P)
• यभते (yabhate, 1 Ā)
• यभन (yabhana)
• यभ्या (yabhyā)
• यियप्सति (yiyapsati, “to desire sexual intercourse”, desiderative)
• यियप्सते (yiyapsate, desiderative)
• यियप्सु (yiyapsu)
• यियप्स्यमाना (yiyapsyamānā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “यभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0845.