कुप्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kawp-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kawp-, from Proto-Indo-European *kwep- (to boil, smoke, move violently). Cognate with Latin cupio (I desire), vapor (steam), Lithuanian kūpėti, and perhaps Old English hopa (whence English hope).

Pronunciation

Root

कुप् • (kup)

  1. to be moved, excited, agitated
  2. to swell, heave, or boil with rage or emotion, be angry (with)
  3. to fume

Derived terms

  • कुप्यति (kúpyati, to become agitated, to bubble up)
  • कोप (kópa, anger, rage)
  • कोपयति (kopáyati, to make angry, to provoke)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “कुप्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 402-3
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “596”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 596