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lobho

lobha

masc nom sg of lobha (noun)

1. greed; wanting; desire

Built from

• lubh — root · be overcome, be confused
  The root suggests the mind darkened or muddled by appetite. Sanskrit lubh- appears in lobha; Greek λύπη (pain, distress) may share the Indo-European stem expressing mental disturbance.
• a — ending · masculine nominative singular
  The suffix -a forms masculine nouns in the o-stem class and marks nominative singular here.

Etymology. Root √lubh, 'to be confused, to be overcome', seen in Sanskrit lobha 'greed' and Greek λύπη (lúpē) 'pain, distress' — the concrete image is of the mind being obscured or overwhelmed by craving, so that judgment is clouded.

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

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