लप्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- रप् (rap)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- লপ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
- লপ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- လပ် (Burmese script)
- લપ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਲਪ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂣𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಲಪ್ (Kannada script)
- លប៑ (Khmer script)
- ລປ຺ (Lao script)
- ലപ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᠠᢒ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠠᢒ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଲପ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢭꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ලප් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩰 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚞𑚶 (Takri script)
- லப் (Tamil script)
- లప్ (Telugu script)
- ลปฺ (Thai script)
- ལ་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨞𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
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
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /lɐp/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /l̪ɐp/
Root
लप् • (lap)
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- Monier Williams (1899) “लप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 896, column 1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 145
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “lap”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.