सृप्र
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬲᬺᬧ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- সৃপ্ৰ (Assamese script)
- সৃপ্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰴𑰢𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀾𑀧𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑍃𑌪𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- સૃપ્ર (Gujarati script)
- ꦱꦽꦥꦿ (Javanese script)
- ស្ឫប្រ (Khmer script)
- ಸೃಪ್ರ (Kannada script)
- ສ຺ຣິປ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- സൃപ്ര (Malayalam script)
- 𑘭𑘵𑘢𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- သၖပြ (Burmese script)
- 𑧍𑧖𑧂𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐺𑐥𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ସୃପ୍ର (Oriya script)
- ꢱꢺꢦ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆸𑆥𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖴𑖢𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- సృప్ర (Telugu script)
- สฺฤปฺร (Thai script)
- སྲྀཔྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒵𑒣𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sr̥prás, from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥p-rós, from *selp- (“fat, oil”). Cognate with Old English sealf (whence English salve), Middle Persian clp (/čarb/), whence Persian چرب (čarb). See also Sanskrit सर्पिस् (sarpís, “melted butter, ghee”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sr̩p.ɾɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈs̪r̩p.ɾɐ/
Root
सृप्र • (sṛprá)
- greasy, smooth
- sleek, oiled
- smooth, supple, lithesome
Noun
सृप्र • (sṛprá) m
- the moon
Derived terms
- सृप्रदानु (sṛpradānu, “sprinkling fat or oil”)
- सृप्रभोजस् (sṛprabhojas, “having fat or abundant food”)
- सृप्रवन्धुर (sṛpravandhura, “having a smooth seat or box (at the chariot of the Aśvins)”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “सृप्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1245.