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Etymology edit

A term of unclear meaning. The meaning generally given in dictionaries for this term is "bush", particularly for the form क्षुप (kṣupa), and is generally connected to Iranian terms like Central Kurdish شیو (şîw, shrub, wood), Wakhi [script needed] (šipk, shrub), and Persian چوب (čub, wood, stick).

However, it has been alternatively interpreted to mean "mushroom", particularly in the form क्षुम्प (kṣumpa). According to this theory, it would be related to a variety of words for mushroom and fungus across Europe and Asia, such as German Schwamm (sponge), Pashto غومبه (ǧumba, mushroom), and Sindhi कुम्भी (kumbhī, mushroom).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

क्षुप (kṣupa) stemm

  1. a bush, shrub (a small tree with short branches and roots)

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of क्षुप (kṣupa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative क्षुपः
kṣupaḥ
क्षुपौ / क्षुपा¹
kṣupau / kṣupā¹
क्षुपाः / क्षुपासः¹
kṣupāḥ / kṣupāsaḥ¹
Vocative क्षुप
kṣupa
क्षुपौ / क्षुपा¹
kṣupau / kṣupā¹
क्षुपाः / क्षुपासः¹
kṣupāḥ / kṣupāsaḥ¹
Accusative क्षुपम्
kṣupam
क्षुपौ / क्षुपा¹
kṣupau / kṣupā¹
क्षुपान्
kṣupān
Instrumental क्षुपेण
kṣupeṇa
क्षुपाभ्याम्
kṣupābhyām
क्षुपैः / क्षुपेभिः¹
kṣupaiḥ / kṣupebhiḥ¹
Dative क्षुपाय
kṣupāya
क्षुपाभ्याम्
kṣupābhyām
क्षुपेभ्यः
kṣupebhyaḥ
Ablative क्षुपात्
kṣupāt
क्षुपाभ्याम्
kṣupābhyām
क्षुपेभ्यः
kṣupebhyaḥ
Genitive क्षुपस्य
kṣupasya
क्षुपयोः
kṣupayoḥ
क्षुपाणाम्
kṣupāṇām
Locative क्षुपे
kṣupe
क्षुपयोः
kṣupayoḥ
क्षुपेषु
kṣupeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “क्षुप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 331/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 435
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 292