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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit चपेट (capeṭa).
Pronunciation
Noun
चपेट • (capeṭ) m
- slap; hit, blow
- Synonyms: तमाचा (tamācā), थप्पड़ (thappaṛ)
- (figuratively) attack; in the midst of danger
- Synonyms: हमला (hamlā), आक्रमण (ākramaṇ)
अचानक वह शेर के चपेट में आ गया।- acānak vah śer ke capeṭ mẽ ā gayā.
- Sudden he was under attack by a tiger.
Declension
Declension of चपेट (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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चपेट
capeṭ
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चपेट
capeṭ
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| oblique
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चपेट
capeṭ
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चपेटों
capeṭõ
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| vocative
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चपेट
capeṭ
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चपेटो
capeṭo
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References
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চপেট (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬧᬾᬝ (Balinese script)
- চপেট (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰢𑰸𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀧𑁂𑀝 (Brahmi script)
- စပေဋ (Burmese script)
- ચપેટ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਪੇਟ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌪𑍇𑌟 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦥꦺꦛ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂣𑂵𑂗 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಪೇಟ (Kannada script)
- ចបេដ (Khmer script)
- ຈເປຏ (Lao script)
- ചപേട (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᢒᡝᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘢𑘹𑘘 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᢒᠧᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧂𑧚𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐥𑐾𑐚 (Newa script)
- ଚପେଟ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢦꢾꢜ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆥𑆼𑆛 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖢𑖸𑖘 (Siddham script)
- චපෙට (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩰𑩔𑩦 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚞𑚲𑚔 (Takri script)
- சபேட (Tamil script)
- చపేట (Telugu script)
- จเปฏ (Thai script)
- ཙ་པེ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒣𑒹𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨞𑨄𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Dravidian or Munda; compare Tamil சப்பாணி (cappāṇi, “clapping hands”), Telugu చప్పట (cappaṭa, “a slap of the hand”).
Pronunciation
Noun
चपेट • (capeṭa) stem, m
- a slap with the open hand
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चपेट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 388/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 179-80
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 374