रभ्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

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

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰভ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
• রভ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ရဘ် (Burmese script)
• રભ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਭ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂦𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ರಭ್ (Kannada script)
• រភ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຣຠ຺ (Lao script)
• രഭ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠᢨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
• ରଭ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
• රභ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩳 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚡𑚶 (Takri script)
• ரப்⁴ (Tamil script)
• రభ్ (Telugu script)
• รภฺ (Thai script)
• ར་བྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨡𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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 (láphūra, “war spoils, booty”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

रभ् • (rabh)

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

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root रभ् (0 c, 2 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root रभ् (1 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• रभति (rábhati, Present)

Derived Nominal Forms

• राहु (rāhu)
• रम्भा (rambhā)

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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 434-5

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0652”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0652