द्रप्स

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দ্ৰপ্স (Assamese script)
• ᬤ᭄ᬭᬧ᭄ᬲ (Balinese script)
• দ্রপ্স (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰢𑰿𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀧𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ဒြပ္သ (Burmese script)
• દ્રપ્સ (Gujarati script)
• ਦ੍ਰਪ੍ਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌪𑍍𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦿꦥ꧀ꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂣𑂹𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ದ್ರಪ್ಸ (Kannada script)
• ទ្រប្ស (Khmer script)
• ທ຺ຣປ຺ສ (Lao script)
• ദ്രപ്സ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡵᠠᢒᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘢𑘿𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠷᠠᢒᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧠𑧈𑧂𑧠𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐥𑑂𑐳 (Newa script)
• ଦ୍ରପ୍ସ (Odia script)
• ꢣ꣄ꢬꢦ꣄ꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆥𑇀𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖿𑖨𑖢𑖿𑖭 (Siddham script)
• ද්‍රප‍්ස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭 𑪙𑩼𑩰 𑪙𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚞𑚶𑚨 (Takri script)
• த்³ரப்ஸ (Tamil script)
• ద్రప్స (Telugu script)
• ทฺรปฺส (Thai script)
• དྲ་པྶ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒣𑓂𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑩇𑨫𑨞𑩇𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

The "banner" meaning has a clear connection to Iranian forms like Persian درفش (derafš, “standard, banner”). Both the Indic and Iranic forms may stem ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drep- (“to cut, tear off (a piece)”); compare Ancient Greek δρέπω (drépō, “I cut off”), Serbo-Croatian dȑpnuti (“to jerk, tear”), and in particular, Late Latin drappus (“piece of cloth”).

The origin of the "drop" meaning is uncertain, but has been linked as sharing a common origin with the "banner" meaning, as droplets may be shaken off banner-like objects (such as cloth) with jerking movements. Probably not from the root द्रु (dru, “to melt”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɾɐp.sɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɾɐp.s̪ɐ/

Noun

द्रप्स • (drapsá) stem, m

1. a drop (as of Soma, rain, semen)
2. a spark of fire
3. the moon (cf. [ índu ])
4. flag, banner

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of द्रप्स (drapsá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	द्रप्सः drapsáḥ	द्रप्सौ / द्रप्सा¹ drapsaú / drapsā́¹	द्रप्साः / द्रप्सासः¹ drapsā́ḥ / drapsā́saḥ¹
Vocative	द्रप्स drápsa	द्रप्सौ / द्रप्सा¹ drápsau / drápsā¹	द्रप्साः / द्रप्सासः¹ drápsāḥ / drápsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	द्रप्सम् drapsám	द्रप्सौ / द्रप्सा¹ drapsaú / drapsā́¹	द्रप्सान् drapsā́n
Instrumental	द्रप्सेन drapséna	द्रप्साभ्याम् drapsā́bhyām	द्रप्सैः / द्रप्सेभिः¹ drapsaíḥ / drapsébhiḥ¹
Dative	द्रप्साय drapsā́ya	द्रप्साभ्याम् drapsā́bhyām	द्रप्सेभ्यः drapsébhyaḥ
Ablative	द्रप्सात् drapsā́t	द्रप्साभ्याम् drapsā́bhyām	द्रप्सेभ्यः drapsébhyaḥ
Genitive	द्रप्सस्य drapsásya	द्रप्सयोः drapsáyoḥ	द्रप्सानाम् drapsā́nām
Locative	द्रप्से drapsé	द्रप्सयोः drapsáyoḥ	द्रप्सेषु drapséṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “द्रप्स”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0500, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “drádhas- - drapsá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 754
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*dram”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75