चपेट

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चपेट (capeṭa).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.peːʈ/, [t͡ʃɐ.peːʈ]

Noun

चपेट • (capeṭ) m

  1. slap; hit, blow
    Synonyms: तमाचा (tamācā), थप्पड़ (thappaṛ)
  2. (figuratively) attack; in the midst of danger
    Synonyms: हमला (hamlā), आक्रमण (ākramaṇ)
    अचानक वह शेर के चपेट में आ गया।
    acānak vah śer ke capeṭ mẽ ā gayā.
    Sudden he was under attack by a tiger.

Declension
Declension of चपेट (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct चपेट
capeṭ		 चपेट
capeṭ
oblique चपेट
capeṭ		 चपेटों
capeṭõ
vocative चपेट
capeṭ		 चपेटो
capeṭo

References

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • চপেট (Assamese script)
  • ᬘᬧᬾᬝ (Balinese script)
  • চপেট (Bengali script)
  • 𑰓𑰢𑰸𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀘𑀧𑁂𑀝 (Brahmi script)
  • စပေဋ (Burmese script)
  • ચપેટ (Gujarati script)
  • ਚਪੇਟ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌚𑌪𑍇𑌟 (Grantha script)
  • ꦕꦥꦺꦛ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂒𑂣𑂵𑂗 (Kaithi script)
  • ಚಪೇಟ (Kannada script)
  • ចបេដ (Khmer script)
  • ຈເປຏ (Lao script)
  • ചപേട (Malayalam script)
  • ᢜᠠᢒᡝᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘓𑘢𑘹𑘘 (Modi script)
  • ᢋᠠᢒᠧᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦳𑧂𑧚𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐔𑐥𑐾𑐚 (Newa script)
  • ଚପେଟ (Odia script)
  • ꢗꢦꢾꢜ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆖𑆥𑆼𑆛 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖓𑖢𑖸𑖘 (Siddham script)
  • චපෙට (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩡𑩰𑩔𑩦 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚏𑚞𑚲𑚔 (Takri script)
  • சபேட (Tamil script)
  • చపేట (Telugu script)
  • จเปฏ (Thai script)
  • ཙ་པེ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒔𑒣𑒹𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨣𑨞𑨄𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Dravidian or Munda; compare Tamil சப்பாணி (cappāṇi, “clapping hands”), Telugu చప్పట (cappaṭa​, “a slap of the hand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

चपेट • (capeṭa) stem, m

  1. a slap with the open hand

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of चपेट (capeṭa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative चपेटः
capeṭaḥ		 चपेटौ / चपेटा¹
capeṭau / capeṭā¹		 चपेटाः / चपेटासः¹
capeṭāḥ / capeṭāsaḥ¹
Vocative चपेट
capeṭa		 चपेटौ / चपेटा¹
capeṭau / capeṭā¹		 चपेटाः / चपेटासः¹
capeṭāḥ / capeṭāsaḥ¹
Accusative चपेटम्
capeṭam		 चपेटौ / चपेटा¹
capeṭau / capeṭā¹		 चपेटान्
capeṭān
Instrumental चपेटेन
capeṭena		 चपेटाभ्याम्
capeṭābhyām		 चपेटैः / चपेटेभिः¹
capeṭaiḥ / capeṭebhiḥ¹
Dative चपेटाय
capeṭāya		 चपेटाभ्याम्
capeṭābhyām		 चपेटेभ्यः
capeṭebhyaḥ
Ablative चपेटात्
capeṭāt		 चपेटाभ्याम्
capeṭābhyām		 चपेटेभ्यः
capeṭebhyaḥ
Genitive चपेटस्य
capeṭasya		 चपेटयोः
capeṭayoḥ		 चपेटानाम्
capeṭānām
Locative चपेटे
capeṭe		 चपेटयोः
capeṭayoḥ		 चपेटेषु
capeṭeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “चपेट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 388/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 179-80
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 374
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