As a Hindi name
लाभ · noun · masculine
मिलना । प्राप्ति । लब्धि · फायदा मुनाफा । नफा · उपकार । भलाई — Śabdasāgara
लाभ · lābha · s.m.
Getting, gaining, obtaining, acquiring — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 944
लाभ · masculine
benefit, advantage; profit; gain; use
Cited formation "लाभ" is ला- + भ: भ means "the twenty-fourth consonant in Hindi", and the prefix ला- forms without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §5(4) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi लाभ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit लाभ (lābhá).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
lābha m. meeting with, finding, Mn.; Kathās.
obtaining, getting, attaining, acquisition, gain, profit, Mn.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
obtaining, getting, attaining, acquisition, gain, profit, &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (11)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "lābha" is derived from "lābh" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
lābh cl. 10. P. lābhayati, to throw, direct, Dhātup. xxxv, 81.
lābha m. meeting with, finding, Mn.; Kathās.
obtaining, getting, attaining, acquisition, gain, profit, Mn.; MBh. &c.
Dictionary citations
lābha m. meeting with, finding, Mn.; Kathās.
obtaining, getting, attaining, acquisition, gain, profit, Mn.; MBh. &c.
capture, conquest, Hariv.; VarBṛS.
apprehension, perception, knowledge, Śaṃk.; Sāh.; BhP.
enjoying, MW.
lābh cl. 10. P. lābhayati, to throw, direct, Dhātup. xxxv, 81.
Alternative readings
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