शेप

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• शेफ (śepha), शेव (śéva), *छेप (chépa)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শেপ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬾᬧ (Balinese script)
• শেপ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰸𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁂𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• ၐေပ (Burmese script)
• શેપ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੇਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍇𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦺꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂵𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ಶೇಪ (Kannada script)
• ឝេប (Khmer script)
• ເຨປ (Lao script)
• ശേപ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡝᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘹𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠧᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧚𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐾𑐥 (Newa script)
• ଶେପ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢾꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆼𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖸𑖢 (Siddham script)
• ශෙප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩔𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚲𑚞 (Takri script)
• ஶேப (Tamil script)
• శేప (Telugu script)
• เศป (Thai script)
• ཤེ་པ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒹𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨄𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)ćáypas, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱéypos (“pole, stick”). Cognate with Latin cippus.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́j.pɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕeː.pɐ/

Noun

शेप • (śépa) stem, m

1. the male organ, penis
2. a tail

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शेप (śépa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शेपः śépaḥ	शेपौ / शेपा¹ śépau / śépā¹	शेपाः / शेपासः¹ śépāḥ / śépāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शेप śépa	शेपौ / शेपा¹ śépau / śépā¹	शेपाः / शेपासः¹ śépāḥ / śépāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शेपम् śépam	शेपौ / शेपा¹ śépau / śépā¹	शेपान् śépān
Instrumental	शेपेन śépena	शेपाभ्याम् śépābhyām	शेपैः / शेपेभिः¹ śépaiḥ / śépebhiḥ¹
Dative	शेपाय śépāya	शेपाभ्याम् śépābhyām	शेपेभ्यः śépebhyaḥ
Ablative	शेपात् śépāt	शेपाभ्याम् śépābhyām	शेपेभ्यः śépebhyaḥ
Genitive	शेपस्य śépasya	शेपयोः śépayoḥ	शेपानाम् śépānām
Locative	शेपे śépe	शेपयोः śépayoḥ	शेपेषु śépeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• शेपस् (śépas, “the male organ, penis; testicle”)
• शफ (śaphá, “hoof, claw”)
• शिफ (śípha, “lash or stroke of a rod”)

Descendants

• ⇒ Sanskrit: शेप्या (śepyā), Sanskrit: *छेप्या (chepyā)
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa), 𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧 (cheppa)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧 (cheppa), 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa)
    • Marathi: शेप (śep), शेंप (śempa) (obsolete)
  • ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧-𑀟-𑀅 (*cheppa-ḍa-a)
    • Marathi: शेपटा (śepṭā)
  • ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧-𑀟-𑀇𑀆 (*cheppa-ḍa-iā)
    • Konkani: śẽpḍī, śẽpaḍī

      Devanagari script: शेंपडी (śempḍī)

      Latin script: ximttim

      Kannada script: ಶೇಪಡೀ (śēpaḍī)

    • Old Marathi:

      Devanagari script: शिपटी (śipaṭī), सिंपटी (siṃpaṭī), सिंपुटी (siṃpuṭī)

      Modi script: 𑘫𑘲𑘢𑘘𑘲 (śīpaṭī), 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘢𑘘𑘲 (sīṃpaṭī), 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘢𑘳𑘘𑘲 (sīṃpuṭī)

      • Marathi: शेपटी (śepṭī), शेपूट (śepūṭ)
  • ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀮𑀼𑀅 (chippālua)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa), 𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧 (cheppa)
  • ⇒ Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧-𑀓𑁆𑀓-𑀮-𑀇𑀕𑀸 (*chippa-kka-la-igā)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: छिपकली (chipaklī, “lizard”)

      Urdu: چھپکلی (chipkalī, “lizard”)