शप्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শপ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শপ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐပ် (Burmese script)
- શપ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਪ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂣𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಪ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝប៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨປ຺ (Lao script)
- ശപ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᢒ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢒ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶପ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශප් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩰 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚞𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶப் (Tamil script)
- శప్ (Telugu script)
- ศปฺ (Thai script)
- ཤ་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨞𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Likely cognate with Hittite [Term?] (/kappilalli-/, “to curse; hated, loathed”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐp/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐp/
Root
शप् • (śap)
- to curse
- to swear an oath, utter an execration
- to revile, scold, blame
- to adjure, conjure, exorcise (demons)
- to cause any one to swear by
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root शप् (0 c, 3 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root शप् (3 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- शपति (śapati) (Present)
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1053.
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ŚAP - śabara-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 608