لبھنا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀤𑀺 (labbhadi)), from Sanskrit लभ्यते (labhyátē). Cognate to Gujarati લાભવું (lābhvũ), Marathi लाभणे (lābhṇe).

Pronunciation

Verb

لَبّھݨا • (labbhṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੱਭਣਾ)

  1. to find; search; seek
  2. to discover
  3. to get; bring back

Further reading
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “لبھّن‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “لبھّنا‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “labhyátē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 635
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