शेपटी
Marathi
Alternative forms
- शेपूट (śepūṭ) – very common
Etymology
| नपुसकलिंग (napusakliṅg): शेपूट n (śepūṭ) |
| पुल्लिंग (pulliṅg): शेपटा m (śepṭā) |
| स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅg): शेपटी f (śepṭī) |
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘫𑘲𑘢𑘘𑘲 (śīpaṭī), 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘢𑘘𑘲 (sīṁpaṭī), 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘢𑘳𑘘𑘲 (sīṁpuṭī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧 (cheppa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit शेप्या (śepyā́), a feminine form of शेप (śépa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šáypas, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp-o- (“pole, stick”) (compare Latin cippus).[1][2][3] Cognate with Konkani शेंपडी (śẽpḍī, śẽpaḍī), Hindi छिपकली (chipaklī).
The extension -𑀟- (-ḍa-) was devoiced through progressive voicing assimilation with the preceding /p/.
Noun
शेपटी • (śepṭī) f
- (anatomy) tail
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “śēpyāˊ (12607)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) , “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations, Helsinki, page 10
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
Further reading
- Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983) , “शेपटी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- James Thomas Molesworth (1857) , “शेपटी,_शेंपटी,_शेंपडी,_शेंपुडी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Yasavanta Ramakrshna Date (1932-1950) , “शेप,_शेंप”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala