सर्पिस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সৰ্পিস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬃᬧᬶᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সর্পিস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰨𑰿𑰢𑰰𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀭𑁆𑀧𑀺𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သရ်္ပိသ် (Burmese script)
• સર્પિસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਰ੍ਪਿਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌿𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦂꦥꦶꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂩𑂹𑂣𑂱𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸರ್ಪಿಸ್ (Kannada script)
• សប៌ិស៑ (Khmer script)
• ສຣ຺ປິສ຺ (Lao script)
• സര്പിസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᡵᢒᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘨𑘿𑘢𑘱𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠷᢒᠢᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧈𑧠𑧂𑧒𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐬𑑂𑐥𑐶𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସର୍ପିସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢬ꣄ꢦꢶꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆫𑇀𑆥𑆴𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖨𑖿𑖢𑖰𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සර්‍පිස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩼 𑪙𑩰𑩑𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚤𑚶𑚞𑚮𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸர்பிஸ் (Tamil script)
• సర్పిస్ (Telugu script)
• สรฺปิสฺ (Thai script)
• ས་རྤི་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒩𑓂𑒣𑒱𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨫𑩇𑨞𑨁𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sarpíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sarpíš, from Proto-Indo-European *selp-ís, from *selp- (“fat, oil”). Cognate with Old English sealf (whence English salve), Middle Persian clp (/⁠čarb⁠/), whence Persian چرب (čarb). See also सृप्र (sṛprá, “greasy, smooth”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐɾ.pís/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐɾ.pis̪/

Noun

सर्पिस् • (sarpís) stem, n

1. ghee (i.e. melted butter with the scum cleared off, either fluid or solidified; also in plural)

Declension

Neuter is-stem declension of सर्पिस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सर्पिः (sarpíḥ)	सर्पिषी (sarpíṣī)	सर्पींषि (sarpī́ṃṣi)
vocative	सर्पिः (sárpiḥ)	सर्पिषी (sárpiṣī)	सर्पींषि (sárpīṃṣi)
accusative	सर्पिः (sarpíḥ)	सर्पिषी (sarpíṣī)	सर्पींषि (sarpī́ṃṣi)
instrumental	सर्पिषा (sarpíṣā)	सर्पिर्भ्याम् (sarpírbhyām)	सर्पिर्भिः (sarpírbhiḥ)
dative	सर्पिषे (sarpíṣe)	सर्पिर्भ्याम् (sarpírbhyām)	सर्पिर्भ्यः (sarpírbhyaḥ)
ablative	सर्पिषः (sarpíṣaḥ)	सर्पिर्भ्याम् (sarpírbhyām)	सर्पिर्भ्यः (sarpírbhyaḥ)
genitive	सर्पिषः (sarpíṣaḥ)	सर्पिषोः (sarpíṣoḥ)	सर्पिषाम् (sarpíṣām)
locative	सर्पिषि (sarpíṣi)	सर्पिषोः (sarpíṣoḥ)	सर्पिःषु (sarpíḥṣu)

Derived terms

• सर्पिरन्न (sarpiranna, “eating clarified butter”)
• सर्पिष्काम्य (sarpiṣkāmya, “to like clarified butter”)
• सर्पिष्टम (sarpiṣṭama, “most genuine or excellent clarified butter, ghee”)
• सर्पिष्टर (sarpiṣṭara, “more genuine or excellent clarified butter, ghee”)
• सर्पिष्मत् (sarpiṣmat, “provided or prepared with clarified butter”)

Descendants

• Pali: sappi

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सर्पिस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1184, column 3.