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.

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