क्षपा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From the instrumental singular of क्षप् (kṣáp, night).

Pronunciation

Noun

क्ष॒पा • (kṣapā́) stemf

  1. night
    Synonyms: नक्त् (nakt), रात्रि (rātri), रजनि (rajani)
  2. a measure of time equivalent to a whole day of twenty-four hours (Jyot.)
  3. tumeric (L.)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of क्ष॒पा
singular dual plural
nominative क्ष॒पा (kṣapā́) क्ष॒पे (kṣapé) क्ष॒पाः (kṣapā́ḥ)
accusative क्ष॒पाम् (kṣapā́m) क्ष॒पे (kṣapé) क्ष॒पाः (kṣapā́ḥ)
instrumental क्ष॒पया॑ (kṣapáyā)
क्ष॒पा¹ (kṣapā́¹)
क्ष॒पाभ्या॑म् (kṣapā́bhyām) क्ष॒पाभिः॑ (kṣapā́bhiḥ)
dative क्ष॒पायै॑ (kṣapā́yai) क्ष॒पाभ्या॑म् (kṣapā́bhyām) क्ष॒पाभ्यः॑ (kṣapā́bhyaḥ)
ablative क्ष॒पायाः॑ (kṣapā́yāḥ)
क्ष॒पायै॑² (kṣapā́yai²)
क्ष॒पाभ्या॑म् (kṣapā́bhyām) क्ष॒पाभ्यः॑ (kṣapā́bhyaḥ)
genitive क्ष॒पायाः॑ (kṣapā́yāḥ)
क्ष॒पायै॑² (kṣapā́yai²)
क्ष॒पयोः॑ (kṣapáyoḥ) क्ष॒पाणा॑म् (kṣapā́ṇām)
locative क्ष॒पाया॑म् (kṣapā́yām) क्ष॒पयोः॑ (kṣapáyoḥ) क्ष॒पासु॑ (kṣapā́su)
vocative क्षपे॑ (kṣápe) क्षपे॑ (kṣápe) क्षपाः॑ (kṣápāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

  • Dardic:
    • Khowar: چُھوئی (čhuí)
  • Telugu: క్షప (kṣapa)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), “क्षपा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 326, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “kṣáp-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 424
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kṣapā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 190
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “kṣapā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.