कूप
Sanskrit
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Indo-Aryan *kúHpas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kúHpas, from Proto-Indo-European *kúHp-o-s, from *kuHp- (“water vessel; hollow”), from *kew- (“bend, curve”). Cognate with Latin cupa, Ancient Greek κύπη (kúpē, “gap, hollow”), κύπελλον (kúpellon), Old English hyf (whence English hive, qv).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editकूप • (kū́pa) stem, m
- a well; a hole dug in the ground as a source of water
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.105.17:
- त्रि॒तः कूपेऽव॑हितो दे॒वान्ह॑वत ऊ॒तये॑ ।
तच्छु॑श्राव॒ बृह॒स्पतिः॑ कृ॒ण्वन्नं॑हूर॒णादु॒रु वि॒त्तं मे॑ अ॒स्य रो॑दसी ॥- tritáḥ kū́péʼvahito devā́nhavata ūtáye.
tácchuśrāva bṛ́haspátiḥ kṛṇvánnaṃhūraṇā́durú vittáṃ me asyá rodasī. - Trita, when buried in the well, calls on the Gods to succour him.
That call of his Bṛhaspati heard and released him from distress. Mark this my woe, ye Earth and Heaven.
- tritáḥ kū́péʼvahito devā́nhavata ūtáye.
- त्रि॒तः कूपेऽव॑हितो दे॒वान्ह॑वत ऊ॒तये॑ ।
- hole, cavity
- leather oil vessel
- cave
Declension
editMasculine a-stem declension of कूप (kū́pa) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | कूपः kū́paḥ |
कूपौ / कूपा¹ kū́pau / kū́pā¹ |
कूपाः / कूपासः¹ kū́pāḥ / kū́pāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | कूप kū́pa |
कूपौ / कूपा¹ kū́pau / kū́pā¹ |
कूपाः / कूपासः¹ kū́pāḥ / kū́pāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | कूपम् kū́pam |
कूपौ / कूपा¹ kū́pau / kū́pā¹ |
कूपान् kū́pān |
Instrumental | कूपेन kū́pena |
कूपाभ्याम् kū́pābhyām |
कूपैः / कूपेभिः¹ kū́paiḥ / kū́pebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | कूपाय kū́pāya |
कूपाभ्याम् kū́pābhyām |
कूपेभ्यः kū́pebhyaḥ |
Ablative | कूपात् kū́pāt |
कूपाभ्याम् kū́pābhyām |
कूपेभ्यः kū́pebhyaḥ |
Genitive | कूपस्य kū́pasya |
कूपयोः kū́payoḥ |
कूपानाम् kū́pānām |
Locative | कूपे kū́pe |
कूपयोः kū́payoḥ |
कूपेषु kū́peṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms
edit- कूपक (kūpaka)
Descendants
editDescendants
- Dardic:
- Kalasha: kuí
- Pali: kepa
- Prakrit: 𑀓𑀽𑀬 (kūya)
- Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀧𑀬 (kuṃpaya)
- → Telugu: కూపము (kūpamu)
- → Malay: kupi
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editकूप • (kūpa) stem, m
Declension
editMasculine a-stem declension of कूप (kūpa) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | कूपः kūpaḥ |
कूपौ / कूपा¹ kūpau / kūpā¹ |
कूपाः / कूपासः¹ kūpāḥ / kūpāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | कूप kūpa |
कूपौ / कूपा¹ kūpau / kūpā¹ |
कूपाः / कूपासः¹ kūpāḥ / kūpāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | कूपम् kūpam |
कूपौ / कूपा¹ kūpau / kūpā¹ |
कूपान् kūpān |
Instrumental | कूपेन kūpena |
कूपाभ्याम् kūpābhyām |
कूपैः / कूपेभिः¹ kūpaiḥ / kūpebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | कूपाय kūpāya |
कूपाभ्याम् kūpābhyām |
कूपेभ्यः kūpebhyaḥ |
Ablative | कूपात् kūpāt |
कूपाभ्याम् kūpābhyām |
कूपेभ्यः kūpebhyaḥ |
Genitive | कूपस्य kūpasya |
कूपयोः kūpayoḥ |
कूपानाम् kūpānām |
Locative | कूपे kūpe |
कूपयोः kūpayoḥ |
कूपेषु kūpeṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms
edit- कूपक (kūpaka)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “कूप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 300/1.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kupa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 176
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