शेप

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

शेफ (śepha), शेव (śéva), *छेप (chépa)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

শেপ (Assamese script)
ᬰᬾᬧ (Balinese script)
শেপ (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰸𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑁂𑀧 (Brahmi script)
ၐေပ (Burmese script)
શેપ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ੇਪ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑍇𑌪 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦺꦥ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂵𑂣 (Kaithi script)
ಶೇಪ (Kannada script)
ឝេប (Khmer script)
ເຨປ (Lao script)
ശേപ (Malayalam script)
ᡧᡝᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘹𑘢 (Modi script)
ᠱᠧᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧚𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐾𑐥 (Newa script)
ଶେପ (Odia script)
ꢯꢾꢦ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆼𑆥 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖸𑖢 (Siddham script)
ශෙප (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩔𑩰 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚲𑚞 (Takri script)
ஶேப (Tamil script)
శేప (Telugu script)
เศป (Thai script)
ཤེ་པ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒹𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨄𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)ćáypas, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱéypos (“pole, stick”). Cognate with Latin cippus.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́j.pɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕeː.pɐ/

Noun

शेप • (śépa) stem, m ^[3]

the male organ, penis
a tail

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शेप
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शेपः (śépaḥ)	शेपौ (śépau) शेपा¹ (śépā¹)	शेपाः (śépāḥ) शेपासः¹ (śépāsaḥ¹)
accusative	शेपम् (śépam)	शेपौ (śépau) शेपा¹ (śépā¹)	शेपान् (śépān)
instrumental	शेपेन (śépena)	शेपाभ्याम् (śépābhyām)	शेपैः (śépaiḥ) शेपेभिः¹ (śépebhiḥ¹)
dative	शेपाय (śépāya)	शेपाभ्याम् (śépābhyām)	शेपेभ्यः (śépebhyaḥ)
ablative	शेपात् (śépāt)	शेपाभ्याम् (śépābhyām)	शेपेभ्यः (śépebhyaḥ)
genitive	शेपस्य (śépasya)	शेपयोः (śépayoḥ)	शेपानाम् (śépānām)
locative	शेपे (śépe)	शेपयोः (śépayoḥ)	शेपेषु (śépeṣu)
vocative	शेप (śépa)	शेपौ (śépau) शेपा¹ (śépā¹)	शेपाः (śépāḥ) शेपासः¹ (śépāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Related terms

शेपस् (śépas, “the male organ, penis; testicle”)
शिफ (śípha, “lash or stroke of a rod”)

Descendants

⇒ Sanskrit: शेप्या (śepyā), Sanskrit: *छेप्या (*chepyā)
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa), 𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧 (cheppa)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧 (cheppa), 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa)
  - Marathi: शेप (śep), शेंप (śempa) (obsolete)
- ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧-𑀟-𑀅 (*cheppa-ḍa-a)
  - Marathi: शेपटा (śepṭā)
- ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧-𑀟-𑀇𑀆 (*cheppa-ḍa-iā)
  - Konkani: śẽpḍī, śẽpaḍī
    Devanagari script: शेंपडी (śempḍī)
    
    Latin script: ximttim
    
    Kannada script: ಶೇಪಡೀ (śēpaḍī)
  - Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: शिपटी (śipaṭī), सिंपटी (siṃpaṭī), सिंपुटी (siṃpuṭī)
    
    Modi script: 𑘫𑘲𑘢𑘘𑘲 (śīpaṭī), 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘢𑘘𑘲 (sīṃpaṭī), 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘢𑘳𑘘𑘲 (sīṃpuṭī)
    - Marathi: शेपटी (śepṭī), शेपूट (śepūṭ)
- ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀮𑀼𑀅 (chippālua)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa), 𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧 (cheppa)
- ⇒ Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧-𑀓𑁆𑀓-𑀮-𑀇𑀕𑀸 (*chippa-kka-la-igā)
  - Hindustani:
    Hindi: छिपकली (chipaklī, “lizard”)
    
    Urdu: چھپکلی (chipkalī, “lizard”)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎^[1], Helsinki, page 10: “*suaipa”
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śēpyāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press