सपर्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sep-el-yé (“to honor”), a derivative of *sep-el- (“honor”), from *sep- (“to care for”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕπω (hépō, “to busy oneself with”), Latin sepeliō (“to bury, inter”). See also सप् (sap, “to honor”).

Pronunciation

Root

सपर्य • (saparya)

  1. to serve attentively, honor, worship, adore
  2. to offer or dedicate reverentially
  3. to accept kindly

Derived terms

  • सपर्यति (saparyati)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “सपर्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1148/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 699
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