बभस्ति

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bábʰasti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bábʰasti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰé-bʰos-ti (reduplicated athematic present), from the root *bʰes-; compare प्साति (psāti, to chew).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

बभस्ति (bábhasti) (root भस्, class 3, type P, present)

  1. to chew, eat, devour
  2. to blame, condemn

References

  1. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), ?*bʰes-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 82
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