शप्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

শপ্ (Assamese script)
ᬰᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
শপ্ (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ၐပ် (Burmese script)
શપ્ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਪ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂣𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಶಪ್ (Kannada script)
ឝប៑ (Khmer script)
ຨປ຺ (Lao script)
ശപ് (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠠᢒ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠱᠠᢒ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
ଶପ୍ (Odia script)
ꢯꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
ශප් (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩰 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚞𑚶 (Takri script)
ஶப் (Tamil script)
శప్ (Telugu script)
ศปฺ (Thai script)
ཤ་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨞𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Likely cognate with Hittite [Term?] (/⁠kappilalli-⁠/, “to curse; hated, loathed”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐp/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɕɐp/

Root

शप् • (śap)

to curse
to swear an oath, utter an execration
to revile, scold, blame
to adjure, conjure, exorcise (demons)
to cause any one to swear by

Derived terms

शपति (śapati)
शब्द (śabda)
शाप (śāpa)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “शप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1053.

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ŚAP - śabara-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 608

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