लेप
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- লেপ (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬾᬧ (Balinese script)
- লেপ (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰸𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑁂𑀧 (Brahmi script)
- လေပ (Burmese script)
- લેપ (Gujarati script)
- ਲੇਪ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑍇𑌪 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦺꦥ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂵𑂣 (Kaithi script)
- ಲೇಪ (Kannada script)
- លេប (Khmer script)
- ເລປ (Lao script)
- ലേപ (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᡝᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘹𑘢 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠧᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑧚𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐾𑐥 (Newa script)
- ଲେପ (Odia script)
- ꢭꢾꢦ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆼𑆥 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖸𑖢 (Siddham script)
- ලෙප (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩔𑩰 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚲𑚞 (Takri script)
- லேப (Tamil script)
- లేప (Telugu script)
- เลป (Thai script)
- ལེ་པ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒹𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨄𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lóypos (“adhesive, glue, something smeared”), from the root *leyp- (“to stick, adhere to, smear; fatty substance”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *lě̑pъ, Lithuanian lipai̇̃ (“glue”), Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /lɐj.pɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /l̪eː.pɐ/
Noun
लेप • (lepa) stem, m (root लिप्)
- ointment, unguent
- Synonym: अञ्जस् (áñjas)
- glue
- plaster
- anything that is smeared
- lepin
- the act of smearing
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | लेपः (lepaḥ) | लेपौ (lepau) लेपा¹ (lepā¹) |
लेपाः (lepāḥ) लेपासः¹ (lepāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | लेपम् (lepam) | लेपौ (lepau) लेपा¹ (lepā¹) |
लेपान् (lepān) |
| instrumental | लेपेन (lepena) | लेपाभ्याम् (lepābhyām) | लेपैः (lepaiḥ) लेपेभिः¹ (lepebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | लेपाय (lepāya) | लेपाभ्याम् (lepābhyām) | लेपेभ्यः (lepebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | लेपात् (lepāt) | लेपाभ्याम् (lepābhyām) | लेपेभ्यः (lepebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | लेपस्य (lepasya) | लेपयोः (lepayoḥ) | लेपानाम् (lepānām) |
| locative | लेपे (lepe) | लेपयोः (lepayoḥ) | लेपेषु (lepeṣu) |
| vocative | लेप (lepa) | लेपौ (lepau) लेपा¹ (lepā¹) |
लेपाः (lepāḥ) लेपासः¹ (lepāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- अवलेप (avalepa)
- वज्रलेप (vajralepa)
Related terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “लेप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 902, column 3.
- Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*lei̯p- 'kleben bleiben'”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 453–454