चपेट

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चपेट (capeṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.peːʈ/, [t͡ʃɐ.peːʈ]

Noun

चपेट • (capeṭ) m

1. slap; hit, blow

   Synonyms: तमाचा (tamācā), थप्पड़ (thappaṛ)

2. (figuratively) attack; in the midst of danger

   Synonyms: हमला (hamlā), आक्रमण (ākramaṇ)

   अचानक वह शेर के चपेट में आ गया।

   acānak vah śer ke capeṭ mẽ ā gayā.

   Sudden he was under attack by a tiger.

Declension

Declension of चपेट (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चपेट capeṭ	चपेट capeṭ
oblique	चपेट capeṭ	चपेटों capeṭõ
vocative	चपेट capeṭ	चपेटो capeṭo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चपेट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 298

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চপেট (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬧᬾᬝ (Balinese script)
• চপেট (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰢𑰸𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀧𑁂𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• စပေဋ (Burmese script)
• ચપેટ (Gujarati script)
• ਚਪੇਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌪𑍇𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦥꦺꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂣𑂵𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಪೇಟ (Kannada script)
• ចបេដ (Khmer script)
• ຈເປຏ (Lao script)
• ചപേട (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᢒᡝᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘢𑘹𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᢒᠧᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧂𑧚𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐥𑐾𑐚 (Newa script)
• ଚପେଟ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢦꢾꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆥𑆼𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖢𑖸𑖘 (Siddham script)
• චපෙට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩰𑩔𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚞𑚲𑚔 (Takri script)
• சபேட (Tamil script)
• చపేట (Telugu script)
• จเปฏ (Thai script)
• ཙ་པེ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒣𑒹𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨞𑨄𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Dravidian or Munda; compare Tamil சப்பாணி (cappāṇi, “clapping hands”), Telugu చప్పట (cappaṭa​, “a slap of the hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.pɐj.ʈɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐˈpeː.ʈɐ/

Noun

चपेट • (capeṭa) stem, m

1. a slap with the open hand

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चपेट (capeṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चपेटः capeṭaḥ	चपेटौ / चपेटा¹ capeṭau / capeṭā¹	चपेटाः / चपेटासः¹ capeṭāḥ / capeṭāsaḥ¹
Vocative	चपेट capeṭa	चपेटौ / चपेटा¹ capeṭau / capeṭā¹	चपेटाः / चपेटासः¹ capeṭāḥ / capeṭāsaḥ¹
Accusative	चपेटम् capeṭam	चपेटौ / चपेटा¹ capeṭau / capeṭā¹	चपेटान् capeṭān
Instrumental	चपेटेन capeṭena	चपेटाभ्याम् capeṭābhyām	चपेटैः / चपेटेभिः¹ capeṭaiḥ / capeṭebhiḥ¹
Dative	चपेटाय capeṭāya	चपेटाभ्याम् capeṭābhyām	चपेटेभ्यः capeṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	चपेटात् capeṭāt	चपेटाभ्याम् capeṭābhyām	चपेटेभ्यः capeṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	चपेटस्य capeṭasya	चपेटयोः capeṭayoḥ	चपेटानाम् capeṭānām
Locative	चपेटे capeṭe	चपेटयोः capeṭayoḥ	चपेटेषु capeṭeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चपेट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 388/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 179-80
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 374