छुप्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

छोप् (chop)

Alternative scripts

ছুপ্ (Assamese script)
ᬙᬸᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
ছুপ্ (Bengali script)
𑰔𑰲𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀙𑀼𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဆုပ် (Burmese script)
છુપ્ (Gujarati script)
ਛੁਪ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌛𑍁𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦖꦸꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂓𑂳𑂣𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಛುಪ್ (Kannada script)
ឆុប៑ (Khmer script)
ຉຸປ຺ (Lao script)
ഛുപ് (Malayalam script)
ᡮᡠᢒ (Manchu script)
𑘔𑘳𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠼᠤᢒ (Mongolian script)
𑦴𑧔𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐕𑐸𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
ଛୁପ୍ (Odia script)
ꢘꢸꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆗𑆶𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖔𑖲𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
ඡුප් (Sinhalese script)
𑩢𑩒𑩰 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚐𑚰𑚞𑚶 (Takri script)
சு²ப் (Tamil script)
ఛుప్ (Telugu script)
ฉุปฺ (Thai script)
ཚུ་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒕𑒳𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨤𑨃𑨞𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.

Most likely from Proto-Indo-European *skewp- (“to touch, probe”), and thus cognate with Russian щу́пать (ščúpatʹ, “to feel, grope”).

Alternatively, a Sanskritization of a dialectal form of स्पृश् (spṛś, “to touch, stroke”).

The family of Germanic words descended from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (“to push, drive”) to which German schieben (“to shove”) belongs to may be related; however, these correspond better to Sanskrit words with a 'bh' rather than a 'p' consonant.

Pronunciation

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

Root

छुप् • (chup)

to touch

Derived terms

छुपति (chupati)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “छुप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 407/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 203
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 204
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[3] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 408