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lābhā

lābha

masc nom pl of lābha (noun); masc instr sg of lābha (noun); masc abl sg of lābha (noun); masc voc sg of lābha (noun); …

1. lābha (masc): gain; acquisition; benefit; profit
2. lābha (masc): fee; money; profit; lit. gain
3. lābhā (ind): it is a gain; it's good; it's a blessing (for)

Built from

• lābh- — root · take, seize
  The root √labh- (Sanskrit labh-) means 'to take hold of' or 'grasp', with the concrete image of grasping or seizing something. Cognate with English lip and Latin labium, all from the sense of 'taking in'.
• -a — ending · masculine nominative
  The -a ending marks masculine nominative singular in the citation form; -ā in the plural and oblique cases (nom pl, instr sg, abl sg, voc sg shown in the surface form).

Etymology. From √labh- 'to take, seize, grasp' (Sanskrit labh-, also labhate 'takes, obtains'). Cognate with English lip (< PIE *lap- 'to lick, take in'), Latin labium 'lip'; the root sense is 'to take hold of'. The noun lābha 'that which is taken' = gain.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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