सप्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সপ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সপ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သပ် (Burmese script)
• સપ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਪ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂣𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಪ್ (Kannada script)
• សប៑ (Khmer script)
• ສປ຺ (Lao script)
• സപ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᢒ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢒ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସପ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සප් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩰 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚞𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸப் (Tamil script)
• సప్ (Telugu script)
• สปฺ (Thai script)
• ས་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨞𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sep- (“to care for”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕπω (hépō, “to busy oneself with”), Latin sepeliō (“to bury, inter”). See also सपर्य (saparya, “to serve attentively, honor”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐp/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐp/

Root

सप् • (sap)

1. to follow or seek after, be devoted to, honor, serve, love, caress (also sexually), do homage
2. (perhaps) to have sexual intercourse

Derived terms

• सपति (sapati)
• सपिता (sapitā)
• सपिष्यति (sapiṣyati)
• सापयति (sāpayati)
• सीषपन्त (sīṣapanta)
• सेपुः (sepuḥ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1148/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 184
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 698-9