रभ्

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *lebʰ- (to profit, gain). Compare perhaps Lithuanian lõbis (treasure, wealth), Ancient Greek λᾰ́φῡρᾰ (láphūra, war spoils, booty).

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रभ् (rabh)

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

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References[edit]

  • 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