यभ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

যভ্ (Assamese script)
ᬬᬪ᭄ (Balinese script)
যভ্ (Bengali script)
𑰧𑰥𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀬𑀪𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ယဘ် (Burmese script)
યભ્ (Gujarati script)
ਯਭ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌯𑌭𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦪꦨ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂨𑂦𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಯಭ್ (Kannada script)
យភ៑ (Khmer script)
ຍຠ຺ (Lao script)
യഭ് (Malayalam script)
ᠶᠠᢨ (Manchu script)
𑘧𑘥𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠶ᠋ᠠᠪᠾ (Mongolian script)
𑧇𑧅𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐫𑐨𑑂 (Newa script)
ଯଭ୍ (Odia script)
ꢫꢩ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆪𑆨𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖧𑖥𑖿 (Siddham script)
යභ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩻𑩳 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚣𑚡𑚶 (Takri script)
யப்⁴ (Tamil script)
యభ్ (Telugu script)
ยภฺ (Thai script)
ཡ་བྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒨𑒦𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨪𑨡𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɐbʱ/

Root

यभ् • (yabh)

to have sexual intercourse, to copulate

Derived terms

यभति (yabhati, 1 P)
यभते (yabhate, 1 Ā)
यभन (yabhana)
यभ्या (yabhyā)
यियप्सति (yiyapsati, “to desire sexual intercourse”, desiderative)
यियप्सते (yiyapsate, desiderative)
यियप्सु (yiyapsu)
यियप्स्यमाना (yiyapsyamānā)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “यभ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0845.