शप्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শপ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শপ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐပ် (Burmese script)
• શપ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਪ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂣𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಪ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝប៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨປ຺ (Lao script)
• ശപ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᢒ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢒ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶପ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශප් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩰 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚞𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶப் (Tamil script)
• శప్ (Telugu script)
• ศปฺ (Thai script)
• ཤ་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨞𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Likely cognate with Hittite [Term?] (/⁠kappilalli-⁠/, “to curse; hated, loathed”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐp/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐp/

Root

शप् • (śap)

1. to curse
2. to swear an oath, utter an execration
3. to revile, scold, blame
4. to adjure, conjure, exorcise (demons)
5. to cause any one to swear by

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root शप् (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root शप् (3 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• शपति (śapati, Present)

Derived Nominal Forms

• शाप (śāpa)
• शब्द (śabda)
• शपथ (śapatha)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1053.