चप्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

চপ্ (Assamese script)
ᬘᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
চপ্ (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
စပ် (Burmese script)
ચપ્ (Gujarati script)
ਚਪ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂣𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಚಪ್ (Kannada script)
ចប៑ (Khmer script)
ຈປ຺ (Lao script)
ചപ് (Malayalam script)
ᢜᠠᢒ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢋᠠᢒ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
ଚପ୍ (Odia script)
ꢗꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
චප් (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩰 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚞𑚶 (Takri script)
சப் (Tamil script)
చప్ (Telugu script)
จปฺ (Thai script)
ཙ་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨞𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. See Prakrit 𑀘𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁆 (capp) for more.

Perhaps borrowed from Munda; however, the Munda derivations found in literature are based on an interpretation of चप् (cap) as originally meaning "to grind down", while "to soothe" seems to be the original meaning.

Not related to Vedic Sanskrit चप्य (capya, “a kind of sacrificial vessel”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐp/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐp/

Root

चप् • (cap)

to soothe; to caress; to console
to knead; to pound
to cheat

Derived terms

चपति (capati)
चपयति (capayati)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “चप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 388/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 179
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 373