सर्षप

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सर्षप (sarṣapa). Doublet of सरसों (sarsõ), a tadbhava.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /səɾ.ʂəp/, [sɐɾ.ʃɐp]

Noun

सर्षप • (sarṣap) m (Urdu spelling سَرْشَپ)

1. (formal, rare) mustard, mustard-seed

   Synonym: (more common) सरसों (sarsõ)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “sarshap”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সৰ্ষপ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬃᬱᬧ (Balinese script)
• সর্ষপ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰨𑰿𑰬𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀭𑁆𑀱𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• သရ္ၑပ (Burmese script)
• સર્ષપ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਰ੍ਸ਼ਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌷𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦂꦰꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂩𑂹𑂭𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ಸರ್ಷಪ (Kannada script)
• សឞ៌ប (Khmer script)
• ສຣ຺ຩປ (Lao script)
• സര്ഷപ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᡵᢢᠠᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘨𑘿𑘬𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠷᢔᠠᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧈𑧠𑧌𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐬𑑂𑐲𑐥 (Newa script)
• ସର୍ଷପ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢬ꣄ꢰꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆫𑇀𑆰𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖨𑖿𑖬𑖢 (Siddham script)
• සර්‍ෂප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩼 𑪙𑪀𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚤𑚶𑚞 (Takri script)
• ஸர்ஷப (Tamil script)
• సర్షప (Telugu script)
• สรฺษป (Thai script)
• ས་རྵ་པ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒩𑓂𑒭𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨫𑩇𑨯𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐɾ.ʂɐ.pɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐɾ.ʂɐ.pɐ/

Noun

सर्षप • (sarṣapa) stem, m

1. mustard, mustard-seed
2. a mustard-seed used as a weight, any minute weight
3. a kind of poison

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सर्षप (sarṣapa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सर्षपः sarṣapaḥ	सर्षपौ / सर्षपा¹ sarṣapau / sarṣapā¹	सर्षपाः / सर्षपासः¹ sarṣapāḥ / sarṣapāsaḥ¹
Vocative	सर्षप sarṣapa	सर्षपौ / सर्षपा¹ sarṣapau / sarṣapā¹	सर्षपाः / सर्षपासः¹ sarṣapāḥ / sarṣapāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सर्षपम् sarṣapam	सर्षपौ / सर्षपा¹ sarṣapau / sarṣapā¹	सर्षपान् sarṣapān
Instrumental	सर्षपेण sarṣapeṇa	सर्षपाभ्याम् sarṣapābhyām	सर्षपैः / सर्षपेभिः¹ sarṣapaiḥ / sarṣapebhiḥ¹
Dative	सर्षपाय sarṣapāya	सर्षपाभ्याम् sarṣapābhyām	सर्षपेभ्यः sarṣapebhyaḥ
Ablative	सर्षपात् sarṣapāt	सर्षपाभ्याम् sarṣapābhyām	सर्षपेभ्यः sarṣapebhyaḥ
Genitive	सर्षपस्य sarṣapasya	सर्षपयोः sarṣapayoḥ	सर्षपाणाम् sarṣapāṇām
Locative	सर्षपे sarṣape	सर्षपयोः sarṣapayoḥ	सर्षपेषु sarṣapeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀯 (sarisava)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Early Assamese:
    • Middle Assamese: সৰিহ (xoriho)
      • Assamese: সৰিয়হ (xorioh)
  • Bengali: সরিষা (śoriśa)
  • Odia: ସୋରିଷ (sorisha)
  • Sylheti: ꠢꠂꠞꠧ (hoiró)
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • → Kannada: ಸಾಸಿವೆ (sāsive)
• Pali: sāsapa
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀯 (sarisava)
  • Hindi: सरसों (sarsõ)
  • Nepali: सर्सिउँ (sarsiũ)
  • Old Gujarati:
    • Gujarati: સરસવ (sarsav)
    • Malvi: सरसूँ (sarsū̃)
    • Marwari: सरसूं (sarsū̃)
    • Mewari: हरूँ (harū̃)
  • Punjabi: ਸਰ੍ਹੋਂ (sarhõ)
  • Sindhi: سَرِهَ
• → Old Javanese: [script needed] (sasawi) [script needed] (sawi) (from an unknown Prakrit form)
  • Javanese: ꦱꦮꦶ (sawi)
  • → Classical Malay: [Term?]
    • Malay: sesawi
      • Indonesian: sesawi
• → Hindi: सर्षप (sarṣap)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सर्षप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1189.