शपथ

Borrowed from Sanskrit शपथ (śapatha).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.pət̪ʰ/, [ʃɐ.pɐt̪ʰ]

शपथ • (śapath) f (Urdu spelling شپتھ)

1. oath, asseveration

   Synonyms: क़सम (qasam), सौगंद (saugand), सौंह (sa͠uh)

   मैं गीता की शपथ खाता हूँ। ― ma͠i gītā kī śapath khātā hū̃. ― I swear by the Gita.

2. (rare) cursing, anathema, abuse, imprecation

• Platts, John T. (1884) “शपथ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

From the root शप् (śap, “to swear, curse”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.pɐ́.tʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.pɐ.t̪ʰɐ/

शपथ • (śapátha) stem, m

1. oath, vow
2. swear
3. scolding, curse
4. ordeal
5. reviling, anathema

• Pali: sapatha
• Prakrit:
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀯𑀳 (savaha)
  • Khasa Prakrit:
    • Kumaoni: सौँ (saũ)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀯𑀳 (savaha)
    • Konkani: savo

      Devanagari script: सवो

      Latin script: savo

      Kannada script: ಸವೊ

  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Sindhi: sãhũ

      Arabic script: سَنهُن

      Devanagari script: संहुं

    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਸੌਂਹ (saũh), ਸਹੁੰ (sahũ)

      Shahmukhi script: سَون٘ہہ (sauṉh)

  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: सौंह (sa͠uh), सोंह (sõh), सौं (sa͠u), सों (sõ)

      Urdu: سَون٘ہہ (sa͠uhh), سوں (sõ)

• → Bengali: শপথ (śopoth) (learned)
• → Hindi: शपथ (śapath) (learned)
• → Old Javanese: śapatha
  • > Javanese: ꦱꦥꦠ (sapata), ꦱꦼꦥꦠ (sepata), ꦱꦸꦥꦠ (supata), ꦱꦸꦥꦲꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (supaos) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: sepata
• → Old Khmer: [script needed] (śapatha)
  • Khmer: ស្បថ (sbɑt)
• → Tamil: சபதம் (capatam) (learned)

• [1] definition from Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śapatha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press