lubni

a word from vocabulary Selice Romani by Viktor Elšík  
Word form lubni
LWT meaning(s)
Czech translation prostitutka, nevěstka; děvka, kurva, šlapka etc.
Hungarian translation örömlány; kurva
Grammatical info noun, feminine
Comments on word The root lub- is also found in the Selice Romani words lub-ipe ’whoredom; adultery’ and lub-ikán-o ‘voluptuous etc.’ (see LWT).
Analyzability semi-analyzable
Gloss lub-n-i [ROOT-F-INFLECTION]
Age Old Indo-Aryan [9] (-1900–-500)
Early Romani reconstruction *lub-n-í F
Boretzky & Igla's etymology 170: cognate with Pali lubbhati < OIA lubhyati ‘gierig sein’
Mānušs et al. etymology 83: < OIA lobhanīja ‘tempting, alluring, suggestive; seductive, seducing; attractive’
Vekerdi's etymology 104: perhaps < Slavic ljub-