[lambā], adj. long, tall, high, prolonged.
[◀MIA: Pk. laṁba- ‘long’; Pa. lamba- ‘pendent’ (a-lamba- ‘short’) ◀OIA lamba- ‘pendent’ MBh. (‘long’ in lamba-karṇa- ) <√lamb, √ramb ‘hang down limply (of the breasts, penis)’ ◀PIE *lē̆b-, lō̆b-, lāb-, lb- ‘to hang down loosely; lip?’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. limp, sleep, lip?] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. slim ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0963; (Turner, 1966) 10951, p.635, p.615; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 581; (MW, 1899) 0897; (Pokorny, 1959) 0655, 0959; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.436
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