सपेरा
Hindi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀳𑀭𑀓 (*sappaharaka, “snake-catcher”), from Sanskrit सर्प-हरक (sarpa-haraka).[1] By surface analysis, साँप (sā̃p) + -एरा (-erā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sə.peː.ɾɑː/, [sɐ.peː.ɾäː]
- Hyphenation: स‧पे‧रा
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
सपेरा • (saperā) m (Urdu spelling سَپیرَا)
- a snake charmer; a snake catcher
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सपेरा saperā |
सपेरे sapere |
| oblique | सपेरे sapere |
सपेरों saperõ |
| vocative | सपेरे sapere |
सपेरो sapero |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sarpaharaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 766
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सपेरा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4949
- “सपेरा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “सपेरा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 777
- Platts, John T. (1884) “सपेरा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 636