यभति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃yébʰeti, derived from the root *h₃yebʰ-. Cognate with Ancient Greek οἴφω (oíphō), Proto-Slavic *jebati.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́.bʱɐ.t̪i/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐ.bʱɐ.t̪i/

Verb

यभति • (yábhati) (root यभ्, class 1, type parasmaipada)

to have sexual intercourse, to copulate

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kalasha: žạ́wik
Maharastri Prakrit:
- Marathi: झवणे (jhavṇe)
- Konkani: झव्चे (zhavce)

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 845

Further reading

partial conjugation (without desiderative).

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