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) IPA(key): /jɐbʱ/
Root
यभ् • (yabh)
- to have sexual intercourse, to copulate
Derived terms
- यभति (yabhati, 1 P)
- यभते (yabhate, 1 Ā)
- यियप्सति (yiyapsati, “to desire sexual intercourse”, desiderative)
- यियप्सते (yiyapsate, desiderative)
- यभन (yabhana)
- यभ्या (yabhyā)
- यियप्सु (yiyapsu)
- यियप्स्यमाना (yiyapsyamānā)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “यभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0845.