څپلۍ
Pashto
Alternative forms
- څپړۍ (śapṛə́y), چپلۍ (čaplə́y)
Etymology
Borrowed from an Indo-Aryan language, ultimately from Telugu చెప్పులు (ceppulu), the plural of చెప్పు (ceppu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sapˈləi/
Audio: (file)
Noun
څپلۍ • (śaplə́y) f
- sandals woven from grasses, leather, etc.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | څپلۍ (śaplə́i) | څپلۍ (śaplə́i) |
| oblique | څپلۍ (śaplə́i) | څپليو (śaplə́io) |
| vocative | څپلۍ (śaplə́i) | څپليو (śaplə́io) |
Related terms
- چپلکه (čapláka, “worn-out slipper”)
References
- Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 17
- Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “څپلۍ”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press, page 281b
- Thiesen, Finn (2017) “Paṩto etymologies: Corrections and additions to A new etymological vocabulary of Pashto”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen et al., editors, Usque ad radices: Indo-European studies in honour of Birgit Anette Olsen (Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European; 8), Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, page 735