सप्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সপ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
- সপ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- သပ် (Burmese script)
- સપ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸਪ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂣𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಪ್ (Kannada script)
- សប៑ (Khmer script)
- ສປ຺ (Lao script)
- സപ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᢒ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᢒ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସପ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
- සප් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩰 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚞𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஸப் (Tamil script)
- సప్ (Telugu script)
- สปฺ (Thai script)
- ས་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨞𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sep- (“to care for”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕπω (hépō, “to busy oneself with”), Latin sepeliō (“to bury, inter”). See also सपर्य (saparya, “to serve attentively, honor”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐp/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐp/
Root
सप् • (sap)
- to follow or seek after, be devoted to, honor, serve, love, caress (also sexually), do homage
- (perhaps) to have sexual intercourse
Derived terms
- सपति (sapati)
- सपिता (sapitā)
- सपिष्यति (sapiṣyati)
- सापयति (sāpayati)
- सीषपन्त (sīṣapanta)
- सेपुः (sepuḥ)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “सप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1148/1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 184
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 698-9