द्रप्स
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দ্ৰপ্স (Assamese script)
- ᬤ᭄ᬭᬧ᭄ᬲ (Balinese script)
- দ্রপ্স (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰢𑰿𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀧𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- ဒြပ္သ (Burmese script)
- દ્રપ્સ (Gujarati script)
- ਦ੍ਰਪ੍ਸ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌪𑍍𑌸 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦿꦥ꧀ꦱ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂣𑂹𑂮 (Kaithi script)
- ದ್ರಪ್ಸ (Kannada script)
- ទ្រប្ស (Khmer script)
- ທ຺ຣປ຺ສ (Lao script)
- ദ്രപ്സ (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡵᠠᢒᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘢𑘿𑘭 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠷᠠᢒᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧠𑧈𑧂𑧠𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐥𑑂𑐳 (Newa script)
- ଦ୍ରପ୍ସ (Odia script)
- ꢣ꣄ꢬꢦ꣄ꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆥𑇀𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖿𑖨𑖢𑖿𑖭 (Siddham script)
- ද්රප්ස (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭 𑪙𑩼𑩰 𑪙𑪁 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚞𑚶𑚨 (Takri script)
- த்³ரப்ஸ (Tamil script)
- ద్రప్స (Telugu script)
- ทฺรปฺส (Thai script)
- དྲ་པྶ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒣𑓂𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑩇𑨫𑨞𑩇𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
The "banner" meaning has a clear connection to Iranian forms like Persian درفش (derafš, “standard, banner”). Both the Indic and Iranic forms may stem ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drep- (“to cut, tear off (a piece)”); compare Ancient Greek δρέπω (drépō, “I cut off”), Serbo-Croatian dȑpnuti (“to jerk, tear”), and in particular, Late Latin drappus (“piece of cloth”).
The origin of the "drop" meaning is uncertain, but has been linked as sharing a common origin with the "banner" meaning, as droplets may be shaken off banner-like objects (such as cloth) with jerking movements. Probably not from the root द्रु (dru, “to melt”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dɾɐp.sɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ɾɐp.s̪ɐ/
Noun
द्रप्स • (drapsá) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | द्रप्सः (drapsáḥ) | द्रप्सौ (drapsaú) द्रप्सा¹ (drapsā́¹) |
द्रप्साः (drapsā́ḥ) द्रप्सासः¹ (drapsā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | द्रप्सम् (drapsám) | द्रप्सौ (drapsaú) द्रप्सा¹ (drapsā́¹) |
द्रप्सान् (drapsā́n) |
| instrumental | द्रप्सेन (drapséna) | द्रप्साभ्याम् (drapsā́bhyām) | द्रप्सैः (drapsaíḥ) द्रप्सेभिः¹ (drapsébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | द्रप्साय (drapsā́ya) | द्रप्साभ्याम् (drapsā́bhyām) | द्रप्सेभ्यः (drapsébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | द्रप्सात् (drapsā́t) | द्रप्साभ्याम् (drapsā́bhyām) | द्रप्सेभ्यः (drapsébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | द्रप्सस्य (drapsásya) | द्रप्सयोः (drapsáyoḥ) | द्रप्सानाम् (drapsā́nām) |
| locative | द्रप्से (drapsé) | द्रप्सयोः (drapsáyoḥ) | द्रप्सेषु (drapséṣu) |
| vocative | द्रप्स (drápsa) | द्रप्सौ (drápsau) द्रप्सा¹ (drápsā¹) |
द्रप्साः (drápsāḥ) द्रप्सासः¹ (drápsāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “द्रप्स”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0500, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “drádhas- - drapsá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 754
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*dram”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75