सपर्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

সপৰ্য (Assamese script)
ᬲᬧᬃᬬ (Balinese script)
সপর্য (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰢𑰨𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀧𑀭𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
သပရျ (Burmese script)
સપર્ય (Gujarati script)
ਸਪਰ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦥꦫꦾ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂣𑂩𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
ಸಪರ್ಯ (Kannada script)
សបយ៌ (Khmer script)
ສປຣ຺ຍ (Lao script)
സപര്യ (Malayalam script)
ᠰᠠᢒᠠᡵᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘢𑘨𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
ᠰᠠᢒᠠᠷᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧂𑧈𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑐥𑐬𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
ସପର୍ଯ (Odia script)
ꢱꢦꢬ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆥𑆫𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖢𑖨𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
සපර්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
𑪁𑩰𑩼 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚞𑚤𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
ஸபர்ய (Tamil script)
సపర్య (Telugu script)
สปรฺย (Thai script)
ས་པ་རྱ (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑒣𑒩𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑨞𑨫𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sep-el-yé (“to honor”), a derivative of *sep-el- (“honor”), from *sep- (“to care for”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕπω (hépō, “to busy oneself with”), Latin sepeliō (“to bury, inter”). See also सप् (sap, “to honor”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.pɐɾ.jɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐˈpɐɾ.jɐ/

Root

सपर्य • (saparya)

to serve attentively, honor, worship, adore
to offer or dedicate reverentially
to accept kindly

Derived terms

सपर्यति (saparyati)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “सपर्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1148/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 699