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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শফ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬨ (Balinese script)
- শফ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰣 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀨 (Brahmi script)
- ၐဖ (Burmese script)
- શફ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਫ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌫 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦦ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂤 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಫ (Kannada script)
- ឝផ (Khmer script)
- ຨຜ (Lao script)
- ശഫ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᡦᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘣 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᠹᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧃 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐦 (Newa script)
- ଶଫ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢧ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆦 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖣 (Siddham script)
- ශඵ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩱 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚟 (Takri script)
- ஶப² (Tamil script)
- శఫ (Telugu script)
- ศผ (Thai script)
- ཤ་ཕ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒤 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨟 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćapʰás (“hoof”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (“hoof”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀 (safa, “hoof”), Old English hōf (whence English hoof).
Pronunciation
Noun
शफ • (śaphá) stem, m
- hoof
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 5.83.5:
- यस्य व्रते पृथिवी नन्नमीति यस्य व्रते शफवज्जर्भुरीति।
यस्य व्रत ओषधीर्विश्वरूपाः स नः पर्जन्य महि शर्म यच्छ॥- yasya vrate pṛthivī nannamīti yasya vrate śaphavajjarbhurīti.
yasya vrata oṣadhīrviśvarūpāḥ sa naḥ parjanya mahi śarma yaccha. - Thou at whose bidding earth bows low before thee, at whose command hoofed cattle quiver in terror
At whose behest the plants assume all colours, even thou Parjanya, yield us great protection.
- claw
- a wooden implement shaped like a claw
Declension
Descendants