गुप्

Denominal from गुप्त (gupta), गोपा (gopā), or a related term, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gewp- (“to cover”), from *gew- (“to curve”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡup/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡup/

गुप् • (gup) stem

1. (At the end of a compound) defending, protecting

   धर्म (dharma, “law, morality”) + गुप् (gup) → धर्मगुप् (dharmagup, “protecting or observing the law”)

2. being on one's guard or preserving one's self from

गुप् • (gup)

1. to guard, defend, protect, preserve
2. to hide, conceal
3. (in the desiderative) to disgust

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• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गुप्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 037
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