लभ्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• रभ् (rabh), रम्भ् (rambh), लम्भ् (lambh)

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 (lắphūră, “spoils of war, booty”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐbʱ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪ɐbʱ/

Root

लभ् • (labh)

1. to gain, possess

Derived terms

• अनुलभति (anulabhati)
• अभिलभते (abhilabhate)
• अलभ्य (alabhya)
• आलभ्य (ālabhya)
• उपलब्ध (upalabdha)
• उपलभति (upalabhati)
• उपलभते (upalabhate)
• उपालभते (upālabhate)
• दुर्लभ (durlabha)
• दुर्लभत्व (durlabhatva)
• प्रतिलभते (pratilabhate)
• प्रत्यालभते (pratyālabhate)
• लब्धवर (labdhavara)
• लब्धव्य (labdhavya)
• लब्धि (labdhi)
• लब्धृ (labdhṛ)
• लब्ध्वा (labdhvā)
• लभते (labhate)
• लभस (labhasa)
• लम्भयति (lambhayati)
• लम्भयते (lambhayate)
• लम्भित (lambhita)
• लाभ (lābha)
• लालब्धि (lālabdhi)
• लालभ्यते (lālabhyate)
• लालम्भीति (lālambhīti)
• लिप्सते (lipsate)
• संलब्ध (saṃlabdha)
• समालभते (samālabhate)
• सुलभ (sulabha)

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 [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (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