कपट

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কপট (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬧᬝ (Balinese script)
• কপট (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰢𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀧𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• ကပဋ (Burmese script)
• કપટ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਪਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌪𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦥꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂣𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಪಟ (Kannada script)
• កបដ (Khmer script)
• ກປຏ (Lao script)
• കപട (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᢒᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘢𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢒᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧂𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐥𑐚 (Newa script)
• କପଟ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢦꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆥𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖢𑖘 (Siddham script)
• කපට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩰𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚞𑚔 (Takri script)
• கபட (Tamil script)
• కపట (Telugu script)
• กปฏ (Thai script)
• ཀ་པ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒣𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨞𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin.

Pokorny tentatively derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp-, from *kh₂em- (“bend, curve”); compare Albanian këmbë (“leg, foot”).

Mayrhofer finds the above derivation unconvincing; he originally preferred taking the word as a Dravidian borrowing, with original form *kapardu (whence perhaps कपर्द (kaparda)), comparing the term to कूट (kūṭa, “false”) and Tamil கோடு (kōṭu, “crookedness, shell”). However, he had come to find the Dravidian connection less convincing over time.

Noun

कपट • (kapaṭa) stem, m or n

1. fraud, deceit, cheating, circumvention

   Synonyms: धोखा (dhokhā), छल (chal)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कपट (kapaṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कपटः kapaṭaḥ	कपटौ / कपटा¹ kapaṭau / kapaṭā¹	कपटाः / कपटासः¹ kapaṭāḥ / kapaṭāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कपट kapaṭa	कपटौ / कपटा¹ kapaṭau / kapaṭā¹	कपटाः / कपटासः¹ kapaṭāḥ / kapaṭāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कपटम् kapaṭam	कपटौ / कपटा¹ kapaṭau / kapaṭā¹	कपटान् kapaṭān
Instrumental	कपटेन kapaṭena	कपटाभ्याम् kapaṭābhyām	कपटैः / कपटेभिः¹ kapaṭaiḥ / kapaṭebhiḥ¹
Dative	कपटाय kapaṭāya	कपटाभ्याम् kapaṭābhyām	कपटेभ्यः kapaṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	कपटात् kapaṭāt	कपटाभ्याम् kapaṭābhyām	कपटेभ्यः kapaṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	कपटस्य kapaṭasya	कपटयोः kapaṭayoḥ	कपटानाम् kapaṭānām
Locative	कपटे kapaṭe	कपटयोः kapaṭayoḥ	कपटेषु kapaṭeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of कपट (kapaṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कपटम् kapaṭam	कपटे kapaṭe	कपटानि / कपटा¹ kapaṭāni / kapaṭā¹
Vocative	कपट kapaṭa	कपटे kapaṭe	कपटानि / कपटा¹ kapaṭāni / kapaṭā¹
Accusative	कपटम् kapaṭam	कपटे kapaṭe	कपटानि / कपटा¹ kapaṭāni / kapaṭā¹
Instrumental	कपटेन kapaṭena	कपटाभ्याम् kapaṭābhyām	कपटैः / कपटेभिः¹ kapaṭaiḥ / kapaṭebhiḥ¹
Dative	कपटाय kapaṭāya	कपटाभ्याम् kapaṭābhyām	कपटेभ्यः kapaṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	कपटात् kapaṭāt	कपटाभ्याम् kapaṭābhyām	कपटेभ्यः kapaṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	कपटस्य kapaṭasya	कपटयोः kapaṭayoḥ	कपटानाम् kapaṭānām
Locative	कपटे kapaṭe	कपटयोः kapaṭayoḥ	कपटेषु kapaṭeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Tamil: கபடம் (kapaṭam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कपट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 250/1.