लोभी

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लोभिन् (lobhin). By surface analysis, लोभ (lobh) +‎ -ई (-ī).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /loː.bʱiː/

लोभी • (lobhī) (indeclinable) (formal)

1. greedy or desirous of, longing for, eager after

   Synonym: (more common) लालची (lālcī)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “लोभी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “लोभी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लोभी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “लोभी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Inherited from Old Marathi लोभिया (lobhiyā), from Sanskrit लोभिन् (lobhin). By surface analysis, लोभ (lobh) +‎ -ई (-ī).

• IPA^(key): /lo.bʱi/, [lo.bʱiː]

लोभी • (lobhī) (indeclinable)

1. greedy, avaricious

   Synonyms: हावरट (hāvraṭ), अधाशी (adhāśī)

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “लोभी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “लोभिया”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan