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कुप्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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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

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Root

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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

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References

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  • 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]‎[1] (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