शप्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শপ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শপ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐပ် (Burmese script)
• શપ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਪ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂣𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಪ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝប៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨປ຺ (Lao script)
• ശപ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᢒ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢒ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶପ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශප් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩰 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚞𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶப் (Tamil script)
• శప్ (Telugu script)
• ศปฺ (Thai script)
• ཤ་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨞𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Likely cognate with Hittite [Term?] (/⁠kappilalli-⁠/, “to curse; hated, loathed”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐp/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐp/

Root

शप् • (śap)

1. to curse
2. to swear an oath, utter an execration
3. to revile, scold, blame
4. to adjure, conjure, exorcise (demons)
5. to cause any one to swear by

Derived terms

• शपति (śapati)
• शब्द (śabda)
• शाप (śāpa)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1053.