शेप

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

शेफ (śepha), शेव (śéva), *छेप (chépa)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

শেপ (Assamese script)
ᬰᬾᬧ (Balinese script)
শেপ (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰸𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑁂𑀧 (Brahmi script)
ၐေပ (Burmese script)
શેપ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ੇਪ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑍇𑌪 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦺꦥ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂵𑂣 (Kaithi script)
ಶೇಪ (Kannada script)
ឝេប (Khmer script)
ເຨປ (Lao script)
ശേപ (Malayalam script)
ᡧᡝᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘹𑘢 (Modi script)
ᠱᠧᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧚𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐾𑐥 (Newa script)
ଶେପ (Odia script)
ꢯꢾꢦ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆼𑆥 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖸𑖢 (Siddham script)
ශෙප (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩔𑩰 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚲𑚞 (Takri script)
ஶேப (Tamil script)
శేప (Telugu script)
เศป (Thai script)
ཤེ་པ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒹𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨄𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)ćáypas, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱéypos (“pole, stick”). Cognate with Latin cippus.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́j.pɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕeː.pɐ/

Noun

शेप • (śépa) stem, m ^[3]

the male organ, penis
a tail

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शेप (śépa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शेपः śépaḥ	शेपौ / शेपा¹ śépau / śépā¹	शेपाः / शेपासः¹ śépāḥ / śépāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शेप śépa	शेपौ / शेपा¹ śépau / śépā¹	शेपाः / शेपासः¹ śépāḥ / śépāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शेपम् śépam	शेपौ / शेपा¹ śépau / śépā¹	शेपान् śépān
Instrumental	शेपेन śépena	शेपाभ्याम् śépābhyām	शेपैः / शेपेभिः¹ śépaiḥ / śépebhiḥ¹
Dative	शेपाय śépāya	शेपाभ्याम् śépābhyām	शेपेभ्यः śépebhyaḥ
Ablative	शेपात् śépāt	शेपाभ्याम् śépābhyām	शेपेभ्यः śépebhyaḥ
Genitive	शेपस्य śépasya	शेपयोः śépayoḥ	शेपानाम् śépānām
Locative	शेपे śépe	शेपयोः śépayoḥ	शेपेषु śépeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

शेपस् (śépas, “the male organ, penis; testicle”)
शफ (śaphá, “hoof, claw”)
शिफ (śípha, “lash or stroke of a rod”)

Descendants

⇒ Sanskrit: शेप्या (śepyā), Sanskrit: *छेप्या (chepyā)
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa), 𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧 (cheppa)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧 (cheppa), 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa)
  - Marathi: शेप (śep), शेंप (śempa) (obsolete)
- ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧-𑀟-𑀅 (*cheppa-ḍa-a)
  - Marathi: शेपटा (śepṭā)
- ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧-𑀟-𑀇𑀆 (*cheppa-ḍa-iā)
  - Konkani: śẽpḍī, śẽpaḍī
    Devanagari script: शेंपडी (śempḍī)
    
    Latin script: ximttim
    
    Kannada script: ಶೇಪಡೀ (śēpaḍī)
  - Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: शिपटी (śipaṭī), सिंपटी (siṃpaṭī), सिंपुटी (siṃpuṭī)
    
    Modi script: 𑘫𑘲𑘢𑘘𑘲 (śīpaṭī), 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘢𑘘𑘲 (sīṃpaṭī), 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘢𑘳𑘘𑘲 (sīṃpuṭī)
    - Marathi: शेपटी (śepṭī), शेपूट (śepūṭ)
- ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀮𑀼𑀅 (chippālua)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa), 𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧 (cheppa)
- ⇒ Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧-𑀓𑁆𑀓-𑀮-𑀇𑀕𑀸 (*chippa-kka-la-igā)
  - Hindustani:
    Hindi: छिपकली (chipaklī, “lizard”)
    
    Urdu: چھپکلی (chipkalī, “lizard”)

References

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^{The template Template:R:iir:Lubotsky:1999 does not use the parameter(s): head=*suaipa
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^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śēpyāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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