त्रपु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रपु (trapu).

Noun

त्रपु • (trapu) m (Urdu spelling ترپو)

1. tin

Declension

Declension of त्रपु (sg-only masc u-stem)

	singular
direct	त्रपु trapu
oblique	त्रपु trapu
vocative	त्रपु trapu

Synonyms

• टिन (ṭin)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ত্ৰপু (Assamese script)
• ᬢ᭄ᬭᬧᬸ (Balinese script)
• ত্রপু (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰢𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀧𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• တြပု (Burmese script)
• ત્રપુ (Gujarati script)
• ਤ੍ਰਪੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌪𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦿꦥꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂹𑂩𑂣𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ತ್ರಪು (Kannada script)
• ត្របុ (Khmer script)
• ຕ຺ຣປຸ (Lao script)
• ത്രപു (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᡵᠠᢒᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘢𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠷᠠᢒᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧂𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐥𑐸 (Newa script)
• ତ୍ରପୁ (Odia script)
• ꢡ꣄ꢬꢦꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆥𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖢𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ත්‍රපු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫 𑪙𑩼𑩰𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚞𑚰 (Takri script)
• த்ரபு (Tamil script)
• త్రపు (Telugu script)
• ตฺรปุ (Thai script)
• ཏྲ་པུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒣𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑩇𑨫𑨞𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably from an unattested *तृपु (tṛpu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *trap-u (“lightweight, unsteady”), owing to tin's ductile nature (compare Persian سبک (sabok, “lightweight, flimsy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to turn, bow the head (in shame), tremble”), and connected with the root त्रप् (trap, “to be ashamed or abashed”), Latin trepidus (“nervous, perilous”), and Lithuanian trapùs (“brittle, delicate”). Arguments for a substrate origin are less likely due to the word's Vedic presence.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.pu/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɾɐ.pu/

Noun

त्रपु • (trapu) stem, n

1. tin

   Synonym: कस्तीर (kastīra)

Declension

Neuter u-stem declension of त्रपु (trapu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	त्रपु trapu	त्रपुणी trapuṇī	त्रपूणि / त्रपु¹ / त्रपू¹ trapūṇi / trapu¹ / trapū¹
Vocative	त्रपु / त्रपो trapu / trapo	त्रपुणी trapuṇī	त्रपूणि / त्रपु¹ / त्रपू¹ trapūṇi / trapu¹ / trapū¹
Accusative	त्रपु trapu	त्रपुणी trapuṇī	त्रपूणि / त्रपु¹ / त्रपू¹ trapūṇi / trapu¹ / trapū¹
Instrumental	त्रपुणा / त्रप्वा¹ trapuṇā / trapvā¹	त्रपुभ्याम् trapubhyām	त्रपुभिः trapubhiḥ
Dative	त्रपुणे / त्रपवे¹ / त्रप्वे¹ trapuṇe / trapave¹ / trapve¹	त्रपुभ्याम् trapubhyām	त्रपुभ्यः trapubhyaḥ
Ablative	त्रपुणः / त्रपोः¹ / त्रप्वः¹ trapuṇaḥ / trapoḥ¹ / trapvaḥ¹	त्रपुभ्याम् trapubhyām	त्रपुभ्यः trapubhyaḥ
Genitive	त्रपुणः / त्रपोः¹ / त्रप्वः¹ trapuṇaḥ / trapoḥ¹ / trapvaḥ¹	त्रपुणोः trapuṇoḥ	त्रपूणाम् trapūṇām
Locative	त्रपुणि / त्रपौ¹ trapuṇi / trapau¹	त्रपुणोः trapuṇoḥ	त्रपुषु trapuṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “त्रपु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 457/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 675