चपेट

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चपेट (capeṭa).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.peːʈ/, [t͡ʃɐ.peːʈ]

Noun

चपेट • (capeṭm

  1. slap; hit, blow
    Synonyms: तमाचा (tamācā), थप्पड़ (thappaṛ)
  2. (figuratively) attack; in the midst of danger
    Synonyms: हमला (hamlā), आक्रमण (ākramaṇ)
    अचानक वह शेर के चपेट में आ गया।
    acānak vah śer ke capeṭ mẽ ā gayā.
    Sudden he was under attack by a tiger.

Declension

Declension of चपेट (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct चपेट
capeṭ
चपेट
capeṭ
oblique चपेट
capeṭ
चपेटों
capeṭõ
vocative चपेट
capeṭ
चपेटो
capeṭo

References

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Dravidian or Munda; compare Tamil சப்பாணி (cappāṇi, clapping hands), Telugu చప్పట (cappaṭa​, a slap of the hand).

Pronunciation

Noun

चपेट • (capeṭa) stemm

  1. a slap with the open hand

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चपेट
singular dual plural
nominative चपेटः (capeṭaḥ) चपेटौ (capeṭau)
चपेटा¹ (capeṭā¹)
चपेटाः (capeṭāḥ)
चपेटासः¹ (capeṭāsaḥ¹)
accusative चपेटम् (capeṭam) चपेटौ (capeṭau)
चपेटा¹ (capeṭā¹)
चपेटान् (capeṭān)
instrumental चपेटेन (capeṭena) चपेटाभ्याम् (capeṭābhyām) चपेटैः (capeṭaiḥ)
चपेटेभिः¹ (capeṭebhiḥ¹)
dative चपेटाय (capeṭāya) चपेटाभ्याम् (capeṭābhyām) चपेटेभ्यः (capeṭebhyaḥ)
ablative चपेटात् (capeṭāt) चपेटाभ्याम् (capeṭābhyām) चपेटेभ्यः (capeṭebhyaḥ)
genitive चपेटस्य (capeṭasya) चपेटयोः (capeṭayoḥ) चपेटानाम् (capeṭānām)
locative चपेटे (capeṭe) चपेटयोः (capeṭayoḥ) चपेटेषु (capeṭeṣu)
vocative चपेट (capeṭa) चपेटौ (capeṭau)
चपेटा¹ (capeṭā¹)
चपेटाः (capeṭāḥ)
चपेटासः¹ (capeṭāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “चपेट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 388/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 179-80
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 374