सर्पिस्
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- সৰ্পিস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬃᬧᬶᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- সর্পিস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰨𑰿𑰢𑰰𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀭𑁆𑀧𑀺𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- သရ်္ပိသ် (Burmese script)
- સર્પિસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸਰੑਪਿਸੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌿𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦂꦥꦶꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂩𑂹𑂣𑂱𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಸರ್ಪಿಸ್ (Kannada script)
- សប៌ិស៑ (Khmer script)
- ສຣ຺ປິສ຺ (Lao script)
- സര്പിസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᡵᢒᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘨𑘿𑘢𑘱𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᠷᢒᠢᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧈𑧠𑧂𑧒𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐬𑑂𑐥𑐶𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସର୍ପିସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢬ꣄ꢦꢶꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆫𑇀𑆥𑆴𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖨𑖿𑖢𑖰𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- සර්පිස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩼 𑪙𑩰𑩑𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚤𑚶𑚞𑚮𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஸர்பிஸ் (Tamil script)
- సర్పిస్ (Telugu script)
- สรฺปิสฺ (Thai script)
- ས་རྤི་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒩𑓂𑒣𑒱𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨫𑩇𑨞𑨁𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sarpíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sarpíš, from Proto-Indo-European *selp-ís, from *selp- (“fat, oil”). Cognate with Old English sealf (whence English salve), Middle Persian clp (/čarb/), whence Persian چرب (čarb). See also सृप्र (sṛprá, “greasy, smooth”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
सर्पिस् • (sarpís) stem, n
- ghee (i.e. melted butter with the scum cleared off, either fluid or solidified; also in plural)
Declension edit
| Neuter is-stem declension of सर्पिस् (sarpís) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | सर्पिः sarpíḥ |
सर्पिषी sarpíṣī |
सर्पींषि sarpī́ṃṣi |
| Vocative | सर्पिः sárpiḥ |
सर्पिषी sárpiṣī |
सर्पींषि sárpīṃṣi |
| Accusative | सर्पिः sarpíḥ |
सर्पिषी sarpíṣī |
सर्पींषि sarpī́ṃṣi |
| Instrumental | सर्पिषा sarpíṣā |
सर्पिर्भ्याम् sarpírbhyām |
सर्पिर्भिः sarpírbhiḥ |
| Dative | सर्पिषे sarpíṣe |
सर्पिर्भ्याम् sarpírbhyām |
सर्पिर्भ्यः sarpírbhyaḥ |
| Ablative | सर्पिषः sarpíṣaḥ |
सर्पिर्भ्याम् sarpírbhyām |
सर्पिर्भ्यः sarpírbhyaḥ |
| Genitive | सर्पिषः sarpíṣaḥ |
सर्पिषोः sarpíṣoḥ |
सर्पिषाम् sarpíṣām |
| Locative | सर्पिषि sarpíṣi |
सर्पिषोः sarpíṣoḥ |
सर्पिःषु sarpíḥṣu |
Derived terms edit
- सर्पिरन्न (sarpiranna, “eating clarified butter”)
- सर्पिष्काम्य (sarpiṣkāmya, “to like clarified butter”)
- सर्पिष्टम (sarpiṣṭama, “most genuine or excellent clarified butter, ghee”)
- सर्पिष्टर (sarpiṣṭara, “more genuine or excellent clarified butter, ghee”)
- सर्पिष्मत् (sarpiṣmat, “provided or prepared with clarified butter”)
Descendants edit
- Pali: sappi
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “सर्पिस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1184, column 3.