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

Root

सप् • (sap)

  1. to follow or seek after, be devoted to, honor, serve, love, caress (also sexually), do homage
  2. (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]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 698-9
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