कर्पट

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কৰ্পট (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬃᬧᬝ (Balinese script)
• কর্পট (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰨𑰿𑰢𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀧𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• ကရ်္ပဋ (Burmese script)
• કર્પટ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਰ੍ਪਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦂꦥꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂩𑂹𑂣𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ಕರ್ಪಟ (Kannada script)
• កប៌ដ (Khmer script)
• ກຣ຺ປຏ (Lao script)
• കര്പട (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡵᢒᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘢𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠷᢒᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧈𑧠𑧂𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐬𑑂𑐥𑐚 (Newa script)
• କର୍ପଟ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢬ꣄ꢦꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆫𑇀𑆥𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖨𑖿𑖢𑖘 (Siddham script)
• කර්‍පට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩼 𑪙𑩰𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚤𑚶𑚞𑚔 (Takri script)
• கர்பட (Tamil script)
• కర్పట (Telugu script)
• กรฺปฏ (Thai script)
• ཀ་རྤ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒩𑓂𑒣𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨫𑩇𑨞𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit कद्- (kad-)?

Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.?

Sanskrit पट (paṭa)?

Sanskrit कर्पट (karpaṭa)

Unknown.

Burrow, following the Pali Text Society, suggests a re-Sanskritisation of the Middle Indo-Aryan descendant of कद्- (kad-, “what?”) +‎ पट (paṭa, “garment”). However, the prefixation of कद् (kad, “what”) in the sense "bad" is not widespread; compare Pali kantāra (“forest”), potentially derived from कद्- (kad-) +‎ तरति (tarati, “crosses”), i.e. "difficult to cross", and Sanskrit कदाचार (kadācāra, “bad conduct”).

Other sources attempt to relate the word to कर्पास (karpāsa, “cotton”) and ultimately derive it from a substrate language; in this case, the -pāsa- in कर्पास (karpāsa) is a dialectal form of पट (paṭa). However, this etymology is phonologically difficult and no specific source language is known.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐɾ.pɐ.ʈɐ/

Noun

कर्पट • (karpaṭa) stem, n

1. old or patched or raggedy garments; a patch; a rag

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of कर्पट (karpaṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कर्पटम् karpaṭam	कर्पटे karpaṭe	कर्पटानि karpaṭāni
Vocative	कर्पट karpaṭa	कर्पटे karpaṭe	कर्पटानि karpaṭāni
Accusative	कर्पटम् karpaṭam	कर्पटे karpaṭe	कर्पटानि karpaṭāni
Instrumental	कर्पटेन karpaṭena	कर्पटाभ्याम् karpaṭābhyām	कर्पटैः karpaṭaiḥ
Dative	कर्पटाय karpaṭāya	कर्पटाभ्याम् karpaṭābhyām	कर्पटेभ्यः karpaṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	कर्पटात् karpaṭāt	कर्पटाभ्याम् karpaṭābhyām	कर्पटेभ्यः karpaṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	कर्पटस्य karpaṭasya	कर्पटयोः karpaṭayoḥ	कर्पटानाम् karpaṭānām
Locative	कर्पटे karpaṭe	कर्पटयोः karpaṭayoḥ	कर्पटेषु karpaṭeṣu

Descendants

• Pali: kappaṭa
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀟 (kappaḍa) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “कर्पट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 258, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 68
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[3] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 174