लुभाना لبھانا ♣ Eng. love, libido

लुभाना لبھانا ♣ Eng. love, libido

[lubʰānā], v.t. to fascinate, attract, tempt, entice, allure.

[◀MIA: Pk. lubbhaï ‘covets’; Pa. lubbhati ‘covets’ ◀OIA lúbhyati ‘is eager, is desirous’ MBh. <√lubh ‘be desirous’ ◀PIE *leubh- ‘to care for, desire; love’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. love, leave, belief ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. libido ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0949; (Turner, 1966) 11086, p.645; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 585; (MW, 1899) 0904; (Pokorny, 1959) 0683; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.483