څپلۍ

Pashto

Alternative forms

• څپړۍ (śapṛə́y), چپلۍ (čaplə́y)

Etymology

Borrowed from an Indo-Aryan language, ultimately from Telugu చెప్పులు (ceppulu), the plural of చెప్పు (ceppu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sapˈləi/

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Noun

څپلۍ • (śaplə́y) f

1. sandals woven from grasses, leather, etc.

Declension

declension of څپلۍ

	singular		plural
direct	څپلۍ (śaplə́i)		څپلۍ (śaplə́i)
oblique	څپلۍ (śaplə́i)		څپليو (śaplə́io)
vocative	څپلۍ (śaplə́i)		څپليو (śaplə́io)

Related terms

• چپلکه (čapláka, “worn-out slipper”)

References

• Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 17
• Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “څپلۍ”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press, page 281b
• Thiesen, Finn (2017) “Paṩto etymologies: Corrections and additions to A new etymological vocabulary of Pashto”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen et al., editors, Usque ad radices: Indo-European studies in honour of Birgit Anette Olsen (Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European; 8), Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, page 735