नापित

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

নাপিত (Assamese script)
ᬦᬵᬧᬶᬢ (Balinese script)
নাপিত (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰯𑰢𑰰𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀸𑀧𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
နာပိတ (Burmese script)
નાપિત (Gujarati script)
ਨਾਪਿਤ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌾𑌪𑌿𑌤 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦴꦥꦶꦠ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂰𑂣𑂱𑂞 (Kaithi script)
ನಾಪಿತ (Kannada script)
នាបិត (Khmer script)
ນາປິຕ (Lao script)
നാപിത (Malayalam script)
ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢒᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘰𑘢𑘱𑘝 (Modi script)
ᠨᠠᢗᢒᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧑𑧂𑧒𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐵𑐥𑐶𑐟 (Newa script)
ନାପିତ (Odia script)
ꢥꢵꢦꢶꢡ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆳𑆥𑆴𑆠 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖯𑖢𑖰𑖝 (Siddham script)
නාපිත (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩛𑩰𑩑𑩫 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚭𑚞𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
நாபித (Tamil script)
నాపిత (Telugu script)
นาปิต (Thai script)
ནཱ་པི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒰𑒣𑒱𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨊𑨞𑨁𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Monier-Williams and Turner suggest a derivation from स्ना (snā, “to swim, bathe”), but this seems semantically dubious.”

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑː.pi.tɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɑː.pi.t̪ɐ/

Noun

नापित • (nāpitá) stem, m

barber

Descendants

Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀡𑀸𑀯𑀺𑀤 (ṇāvida)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀯𑀺𑀅 (ṇhāvia)
- Old Marathi:
  Devanagari script: न्हावी (nhāvī)
  
  Modi script: 𑘡𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘪𑘲 (nhāvī)
  - Marathi: न्हावी (nhāvī)
Paisaci Prakrit:
- Takka Apabhramsa:
  - Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਨਾਈ (nāī)
    
    Shahmukhi script: نائی (nā'ī)
- Vracada Apabhramsa:
  - Sindhi:
    Arabic script: نائيِ
    
    Devanagari script: नाई
Pali: nahāpita
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑀸𑀯𑀺𑀤 (ṇāvida)
- Gurjara Apabhramsa:
  - Old Gujarati:
    - Gujarati: નાવી (nāvī)
- Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
  - Old Hindi:
    - Hindustani:
      Hindi: नाई (nāī)
      
      Urdu: نَائی (nāī)
→ Assamese: নাপিত (napit)
→ Bengali: নাপিত (napito)
→ Gujarati: નાપિત (nāpit)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: नापित (nāpit)

Urdu: نَاپِت (nāpit)
→ Kamta: নাপিত (napit)
→ Kannada: ನಾಪಿತ (nāpita)
→ Malayalam: നാപിതൻ (nāpitaṉ), നാവിതൻ (nāvitaṉ)
→ Tamil: நாவிதன் (nāvitaṉ)
→ Tulu: ನಾಪಿಕೆ (nāpike)