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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শষ্প (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬱ᭄ᬧ (Balinese script)
- শষ্প (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰬𑰿𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀱𑁆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
- ၐၑ္ပ (Burmese script)
- શષ્પ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਸ਼੍ਪ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌷𑍍𑌪 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦰ꧀ꦥ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂭𑂹𑂣 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಷ್ಪ (Kannada script)
- ឝឞ្ប (Khmer script)
- ຨຩ຺ປ (Lao script)
- ശഷ്പ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᢢᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘬𑘿𑘢 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢔᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧌𑧠𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐲𑑂𑐥 (Newa script)
- ଶଷ୍ପ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢰ꣄ꢦ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆰𑇀𑆥 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖬𑖿𑖢 (Siddham script)
- ශෂ්ප (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑪀 𑪙𑩰 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚶𑚞 (Takri script)
- ஶஷ்ப (Tamil script)
- శష్ప (Telugu script)
- ศษฺป (Thai script)
- ཤ་ཥྤ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒭𑓂𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨯𑩇𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćáp-ša-m ~ *ćáp-sa-m, after undergoing metathesis; from the root *ćap- (“greens; grass”). Cognate with Persian سبزه (sabze, “grass”), سبزی (sabzi, “vegetable”), Pashto سابه (sābah), Shughni (sebc, “cultivated field”).
Pronunciation
Noun
शष्प • (śáṣpa) stem, n
- young, sprouting grass
c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE,
Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 19.13:
- दीक्षायै रूपँ शष्पाणि प्रायणीयस्य तोक्मानि ।
क्रयस्य रूपँ सोमस्य लाजाः सोमाꣳशवो मधु ॥- dīkṣā́yai rūpám̐ śáṣpāṇi prāyaṇī́yasya tókmāni
krayásya rūpám̐ sómasya lājā́ḥ somām̐śávo mádhu - Symbols of Dīkṣā are grass buds; those of Prāyaṇīya are sprouts of corn,
Of Soma-purchasing fried grains are symbols, Soma-shoots and meath.
Declension
Derived terms
- शष्प्य (śaṣpya, “grassy”)
- शष्पिञ्जर (śaṣpiñjara, “yellowish like young grass”)
Descendants
- → Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀨 (sappha)
References