# लभते
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* লভতে (Assamese script)
* ᬮᬪᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
* লভতে (Bengali script)
* 𑰩𑰥𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀮𑀪𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
* လဘတေ (Burmese script)
* લભતે (Gujarati script)
* ਲਭਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌲𑌭𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
* ꦭꦨꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
* 𑂪𑂦𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
* ಲಭತೇ (Kannada script)
* លភតេ (Khmer script)
* ລຠເຕ (Lao script)
* ലഭതേ (Malayalam script)
* ᠯᠠᢨᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
* 𑘩𑘥𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
* ᠯᠠᠪᠾᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧉𑧅𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐮𑐨𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
* ଲଭତେ (Odia script)
* ꢭꢩꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆬𑆨𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
* 𑖩𑖥𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
* ලභතෙ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩽𑩳𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚥𑚡𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
* லப⁴தே (Tamil script)
* లభతే (Telugu script)
* ลภเต (Thai script)
* ལ་བྷ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒪𑒦𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨬𑨡𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From रभ॑ते (rábhate), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rebʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *lebʰ- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Lithuanian lobis, and possibly Latin labor.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /lɐ.bʱɐ.tɐj/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈl̪ɐ.bʱɐ.t̪eː/

### Verb

लभते • (labhate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, root लभ्)
* to take, seize, catch
* to catch sight of, meet with, find
    with अन्तरम् (antaram) — to find an opportunity, make an impression, be effective
    with अवकाशम् (avakāśam) — to find scope, be appropriate
    with कालम् (kālam) — to find the right time or moment
* to gain possession of, obtain, receive, conceive, get, receive ("from" +ablative; "as" +accusative), recover ib.
    with गर्भम् (garbham) — to conceive an embryo, become pregnant
    with पदम् (padam) — to obtain a footing
* to gain the power of (doing anything), succeed in, be permitted or allowed to (+infinitive or dative)
    labhate draṣṭum, or darśanāya — he is able or allowed to see
* to possess, have
* to perceive, know, understand, learn, find out
* (passive voice) to be taken or caught or met with or found or got or obtained
* to be allowed or permitted (infinitive sometimes with passive sense)
    nā-dharmo labhyate kartum — injustice ought not to be done
* to follow, result
* to be comprehended by (+ablative)
* (causative) to cause to take or receive or obtain, give, bestow (generally with two accusatives; rarely with accusative and instrumental = to present with)
* to get, procure (compare लम्भित (lambhita))
* to find out, discover
* to cause to suffer
* (desiderative) to wish to seize or take or catch or obtain or receive (with accusative or genitive; "from" +ablative)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (lē-, “to find”)
** Kalami: [script needed] (lāgā̃, “to receive”)
** Khowar: لیىک (leik, “to obtain, find”)
** Phalura: [script needed] (lahe-, “to find”)
** Shina: لیوک (layóĭki̯, “to obtain, find”)
*** Kohistani Shina: [script needed] (lhaunṷ)
* Pali: labhati
* Prakrit: 𑀮𑀳𑀇 (lahaï), 𑀮𑀪𑀇 (labhaï), 𑀮𑀳𑁂𑀇 (lahei) (see there for further descendants)

##### Borrowed terms

* → Proto-Nuristani:
** Waigali: [script needed] (lā-), [script needed] (lawŕ-)
** Dameli: [script needed] (lay-, “to find”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “लभते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0896.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “labhate”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 635
* ↑ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “लभते”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “lemma”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page λαμβάνω