लुभ्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• लोभ् (lobh)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লুভ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬸᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
• লুভ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰲𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀼𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• လုဘ် (Burmese script)
• લુભ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਲੁਭ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑍁𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦸꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂳𑂦𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಲುಭ್ (Kannada script)
• លុភ៑ (Khmer script)
• ລຸຠ຺ (Lao script)
• ലുഭ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᡠᢨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘳𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠤᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧔𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐸𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଲୁଭ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢸꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆶𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖲𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ලුභ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩒𑩳 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚰𑚡𑚶 (Takri script)
• லுப்⁴ (Tamil script)
• లుభ్ (Telugu script)
• ลุภฺ (Thai script)
• ལུ་བྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒳𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨃𑨡𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”). Cognate with English love, Latin libido, Russian люби́ть (ljubítʹ), Czech libý، Albanian lyp and Persian آلفتن (âloftan).

Root

लुभ् • (lubh)

1. to desire
2. to covet
3. to enchant, make crazy
4. to long for
5. to entice
6. to be perplexed
7. to allure

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लुभ् (0 c, 5 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root लुभ् (2 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• लुभ्यति (lúbhyati, Present)
• लुभति (lubhati, Present)
• लोभिष्यति (lobhiṣyáti, Future)
• लोब्धा (lobdhā́, Periphrastic Future)
• लोभिता (lobhitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अलुभत् (álubhat, Aorist)
• अलोभीत् (álobhīt, Aorist)
• लुलोभ (lulóbha, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• लोभयति (lobháyati, Causative)
• अलूलुभत् (álūlubhat, Causative Aorist)
• लोभ्यते (lobhyate, Passive of Causative)
• लुलुभिषति (lulubhiṣati, Desiderative)
• लुलोभिषति (lulobhiṣati, Desiderative)
• लुलोभयिषति (lulobhayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
• लोलुभ्यते (lolubhyate, Intensive)
• लोलोब्धि (lolobdhi, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• लुब्ध (lubdha, Past Participle)
• लुभित (lubhita, Past Participle)
• लोब्धुम् (lobdhum, Infinitive)
• लोभित्वा (lobhitvā, Gerund)
• लुभित्वा (lubhitvā, Gerund)
• लुब्ध्वा (lubdhvā, Gerund)
• लोभ्य (lobhya, Gerundive)
• लोभनीय (lobhanīya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• लोभ (lobha, “avarice, confusion, greed”)
• लोभन (lobhana)
• लोभिन् (lobhin)

Prefixed Root Forms

• आलुभ् (ālubh)
• प्रलुभ् (pralubh)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लुभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 904, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 150
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “lubh”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “LOBH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 483-4