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): /ˈs̪ɐɾ.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 (sarpís)
	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.