लप्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • रप् (rap)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From an l-form of earlier रप् (rap), apparently from a Proto-Indo-European *lep- (to babble) of onomatopoeic origin; compare dialectal Russian ле́пет (lépet, babbling, chatter).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Root

लप् • (lap)

  1. to prate, chatter, talk (also of birds)
  2. to whisper
  3. to wail, lament, weep

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “LAP”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 473
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “RAP”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 432

Further reading

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “lap”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.