सृप्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬲᬺᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
- সৃপ্ (Assamese script)
- সৃপ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰴𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀾𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑍃𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
- સૃપ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਹਪੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦱꦽꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ស្ឫប៑ (Khmer script)
- ಸೃಪ್ (Kannada script)
- ສ຺ຣິປ຺ (Lao script)
- സൃപ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘭𑘵𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠷᢈᢒ (Mongolian script)
- ᠰᡵᡳᢒ (Manchu script)
- သၖပ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧍𑧖𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐺𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସୃପ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢱꢺꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆸𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖴𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
- සෘප් (Sinhalese script)
- సృప్ (Telugu script)
- สฺฤปฺ (Thai script)
- སྲྀ་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒵𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *serp- (“to creep, crawl”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕρπω (hérpō, “creep, crawl”) whence ἕρπης (hérpēs), Proto-Albanian *serpena, Latin serpō whence serpēns (“serpent”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sr̩p/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /s̪r̩p/
Root
सृप् • (sṛp)
- to creep, crawl, glide, slink
- to move gently or cautiously
- to slip into
Derived terms
- सर्पति (sárpati)
- सर्प (sarpá)
- सृप्र (sṛprá)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “सृप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1245.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 190
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “सृप्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “सृप्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 400
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 536
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0912