Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *trep- (to turn, bow the head (in shame)).

Cognates include Latin turpis (foul, base) whence English turpitude, Latin trepidus (nervous, agitated) whence English intrepid.

Pronunciation

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Root

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त्रप् (trap)

  1. to be ashamed or abashed
  2. to be busy
  3. to make perplexed or ashamed

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “त्रप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0457.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “त्रप्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 067
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “त्रप्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016