सृप्र

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সৃপ্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬺᬧ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• সৃপ্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰴𑰢𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀾𑀧𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• သၖပြ (Burmese script)
• સૃપ્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਰਪ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍃𑌪𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦽꦥꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑃂𑂣𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಸೃಪ್ರ (Kannada script)
• ស្ឫប្រ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຣິປ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• സൃപ്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡵᡳᢒᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘵𑘢𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠷᠢᢒᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧖𑧂𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐺𑐥𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ସୃପ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢱꢺꢦ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆸𑆥𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖴𑖢𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• සෘප්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩙𑩰 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚞𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஸ்ரிப்ர (Tamil script)
• సృప్ర (Telugu script)
• สฺฤปฺร (Thai script)
• སྲྀ་པྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒵𑒣𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨼𑨉𑨞𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sr̥prás, from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥p-rós, from *selp- (“fat, oil”). Cognate with Old English sealf (whence English salve), Middle Persian clp (/⁠čarb⁠/), whence Persian چرب (čarb). See also Sanskrit सर्पिस् (sarpís, “melted butter, ghee”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sr̩p.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪r̩p.ɾɐ/

Adjective

सृप्र • (sṛprá)

1. greasy, smooth
2. sleek, oiled
3. smooth, supple, lithesome

Noun

सृप्र • (sṛprá) stem, m

1. the moon

Derived terms

• सृप्रदानु (sṛpradānu, “sprinkling fat or oil”)
• सृप्रभोजस् (sṛprabhojas, “having fat or abundant food”)
• सृप्रवन्धुर (sṛpravandhura, “having a smooth seat or box (at the chariot of the Aśvins)”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सृप्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1245.