त्रपु

Hindi

Etymology

Noun

त्रपु • (trapu) m (Urdu spelling ترپو)

tin

Declension

Declension of त्रपु (sg-only masc u-stem)

	singular
direct	त्रपु trapu
oblique	त्रपु trapu
vocative	त्रपु trapu

Synonyms

टिन (ṭin)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ত্ৰপু (Assamese script)
ᬢ᭄ᬭᬧᬸ (Balinese script)
ত্রপু (Bengali script)
𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰢𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀧𑀼 (Brahmi script)
တြပု (Burmese script)
ત્રપુ (Gujarati script)
ਤ੍ਰਪੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌪𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦠꦿꦥꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂞𑂹𑂩𑂣𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ತ್ರಪು (Kannada script)
ត្របុ (Khmer script)
ຕ຺ຣປຸ (Lao script)
ത്രപു (Malayalam script)
ᢠᡵᠠᢒᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘢𑘳 (Modi script)
ᢐᠷᠠᢒᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧂𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐥𑐸 (Newa script)
ତ୍ରପୁ (Odia script)
ꢡ꣄ꢬꢦꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆥𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖢𑖲 (Siddham script)
ත්‍රපු (Sinhalese script)
𑩫 𑪙𑩼𑩰𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚞𑚰 (Takri script)
த்ரபு (Tamil script)
త్రపు (Telugu script)
ตฺรปุ (Thai script)
ཏྲ་པུ (Tibetan script)
𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒣𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨙𑩇𑨫𑨞𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably from an unattested *तृपु (tṛpu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *trap-u (“lightweight, unsteady”), owing to tin's ductile nature (compare Persian (sabok, “lightweight, flimsy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to turn, bow the head (in shame), tremble”), and connected with the root त्रप् (trap, “to be ashamed or abashed”), Latin trepidus (“nervous, perilous”), and Lithuanian trapùs (“brittle, delicate”). Arguments for a substrate origin are less likely due to the word's Vedic presence.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.pu/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɾɐ.pu/

Noun

त्रपु • (trapu) stem, n

tin
Synonym: कस्तीर (kastīra)

Declension

Neuter u-stem declension of त्रपु (trapu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	त्रपु trapu	त्रपुणी trapuṇī	त्रपूणि / त्रपु¹ / त्रपू¹ trapūṇi / trapu¹ / trapū¹
Vocative	त्रपु / त्रपो trapu / trapo	त्रपुणी trapuṇī	त्रपूणि / त्रपु¹ / त्रपू¹ trapūṇi / trapu¹ / trapū¹
Accusative	त्रपु trapu	त्रपुणी trapuṇī	त्रपूणि / त्रपु¹ / त्रपू¹ trapūṇi / trapu¹ / trapū¹
Instrumental	त्रपुणा / त्रप्वा¹ trapuṇā / trapvā¹	त्रपुभ्याम् trapubhyām	त्रपुभिः trapubhiḥ
Dative	त्रपुणे / त्रपवे¹ / त्रप्वे¹ trapuṇe / trapave¹ / trapve¹	त्रपुभ्याम् trapubhyām	त्रपुभ्यः trapubhyaḥ
Ablative	त्रपुणः / त्रपोः¹ / त्रप्वः¹ trapuṇaḥ / trapoḥ¹ / trapvaḥ¹	त्रपुभ्याम् trapubhyām	त्रपुभ्यः trapubhyaḥ
Genitive	त्रपुणः / त्रपोः¹ / त्रप्वः¹ trapuṇaḥ / trapoḥ¹ / trapvaḥ¹	त्रपुणोः trapuṇoḥ	त्रपूणाम् trapūṇām
Locative	त्रपुणि / त्रपौ¹ trapuṇi / trapau¹	त्रपुणोः trapuṇoḥ	त्रपुषु trapuṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “त्रपु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 457/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 675