कुप्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kawp-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kawp-, from Proto-Indo-European *kwep- (to boil, smoke, move violently). Cognate with Latin cupio (I desire), vapor (steam), Lithuanian kūpėti, and perhaps Old English hopa (whence English hope).

Pronunciation

Root

कुप् (kup)

  1. to be moved, excited, agitated
  2. to swell, heave, or boil with rage or emotion, be angry (with)
  3. to fume

Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “कुप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0291/2.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कुप्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 020
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “कुप्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 402-3
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “596”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 596