सर्पिस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সৰ্পিস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬃᬧᬶᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- সর্পিস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰨𑰿𑰢𑰰𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀭𑁆𑀧𑀺𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- သရ်္ပိသ် (Burmese script)
- સર્પિસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸਰ੍ਪਿਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌿𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦂꦥꦶꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂩𑂹𑂣𑂱𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಸರ್ಪಿಸ್ (Kannada script)
- សប៌ិស៑ (Khmer script)
- ສຣ຺ປິສ຺ (Lao script)
- സര്പിസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᡵᢒᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘨𑘿𑘢𑘱𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᠷᢒᠢᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧈𑧠𑧂𑧒𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐬𑑂𑐥𑐶𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସର୍ପିସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢬ꣄ꢦꢶꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆫𑇀𑆥𑆴𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖨𑖿𑖢𑖰𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- සර්පිස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩼 𑪙𑩰𑩑𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚤𑚶𑚞𑚮𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஸர்பிஸ் (Tamil script)
- సర్పిస్ (Telugu script)
- สรฺปิสฺ (Thai script)
- ས་རྤི་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒩𑓂𑒣𑒱𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨫𑩇𑨞𑨁𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sarpíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sarpíš, from Proto-Indo-European *selp-ís, from *selp- (“fat, oil”). Cognate with Old English sealf (whence English salve), Middle Persian clp (/čarb/), whence Persian چرب (čarb). See also सृप्र (sṛprá, “greasy, smooth”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐɾ.pís/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐɾ.pis̪/
Noun
सर्पिस् • (sarpís) stem, n
- ghee (i.e. melted butter with the scum cleared off, either fluid or solidified; also in plural)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सर्पिः (sarpíḥ) | सर्पिषी (sarpíṣī) | सर्पींषि (sarpī́ṃṣi) |
| accusative | सर्पिः (sarpíḥ) | सर्पिषी (sarpíṣī) | सर्पींषि (sarpī́ṃṣi) |
| instrumental | सर्पिषा (sarpíṣā) | सर्पिर्भ्याम् (sarpírbhyām) | सर्पिर्भिः (sarpírbhiḥ) |
| dative | सर्पिषे (sarpíṣe) | सर्पिर्भ्याम् (sarpírbhyām) | सर्पिर्भ्यः (sarpírbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सर्पिषः (sarpíṣaḥ) | सर्पिर्भ्याम् (sarpírbhyām) | सर्पिर्भ्यः (sarpírbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सर्पिषः (sarpíṣaḥ) | सर्पिषोः (sarpíṣoḥ) | सर्पिषाम् (sarpíṣām) |
| locative | सर्पिषि (sarpíṣi) | सर्पिषोः (sarpíṣoḥ) | सर्पिःषु (sarpíḥṣu) |
| vocative | सर्पिः (sárpiḥ) | सर्पिषी (sárpiṣī) | सर्पींषि (sárpīṃṣi) |
Derived terms
- सर्पिरन्न (sarpiranna, “eating clarified butter”)
- सर्पिष्काम्य (sarpiṣkāmya, “to like clarified butter”)
- सर्पिष्टम (sarpiṣṭama, “most genuine or excellent clarified butter, ghee”)
- सर्पिष्टर (sarpiṣṭara, “more genuine or excellent clarified butter, ghee”)
- सर्पिष्मत् (sarpiṣmat, “provided or prepared with clarified butter”)
Descendants
- Pali: sappi
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “सर्पिस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1184, column 3.