लुभ्यति

From Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ-yé-ti (“to desire, covet, love”). Cognate with English love, Latin libet, Russian люби́ть (ljubítʹ).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lúbʱ.jɐ.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ubʱ.jɐ.t̪i/

लुभ्यति • (lúbhyati) (root लुभ्, class 4, type P)

1. to desire greatly or eagerly, to long for, to covet; to be interested in
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
2. to be perplexed or disturbed, to become disordered, go astray

• लोभ (lobha)
• लोभयति (lobhayati)

• Prakrit: 𑀮𑀼𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀤𑀺 (lubbhadi), 𑀮𑀼𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀇 (lubbhaï)
  • Hindi: लुभाना (lubhānā, “to entice, charm”) (through the causative)
  • Punjabi: لوہݨ‎ (lohṇ, “to desire, wish”)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “lúbhyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press