یہݨ

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit यभति (yabhati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyábʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃yébʰeti, from *h₃yebʰ-.

Cognate with Marathi झवणे (jhavṇe), Russian ебать (jebatʹ) and Sindhi يَهَڻُ (yahaṇu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jə.həɳ/

Verb

یَہَݨ (yahaṇ) (Devanagari यहण) (transitive)

1. to copulate

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yábhati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press