रभ्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬭᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ৰভ্ (Assamese script)
- রভ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌰𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
- રભ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਰਭੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦫꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
- រភ៑ (Khmer script)
- ರಭ್ (Kannada script)
- ຣຠ຺ (Lao script)
- രഭ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘨𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
- ᡵᠠᢨ (Manchu script)
- ရဘ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧈𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
- ରଭ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢬꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
- රභ් (Sinhalese script)
- రభ్ (Telugu script)
- รภฺ (Thai script)
- ར་བྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lebʰ- (“to profit, gain”). Compare Lithuanian lõbis (“treasure, wealth”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɾɐbʱ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɾɐbʱ/
Root
रभ् • (rabh)
- to take hold of, grasp, clasp
- to desire vehemently, act rashly
Alternative forms
- रम्भ् (rambh)
- लभ् (labh)
- लम्भ् (lambh)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “रभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, 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
- Mallory, J. P.; 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) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0652