शेप

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

शेफ (śepha), शेव (śéva), *छेप (chépa)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

শেপ (Assamese script)
ᬰᬾᬧ (Balinese script)
শেপ (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰸𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑁂𑀧 (Brahmi script)
ၐေပ (Burmese script)
શેપ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ੇਪ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑍇𑌪 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦺꦥ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂵𑂣 (Kaithi script)
ಶೇಪ (Kannada script)
ឝេប (Khmer script)
ເຨປ (Lao script)
ശേപ (Malayalam script)
ᡧᡝᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘹𑘢 (Modi script)
ᠱᠧᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧚𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐾𑐥 (Newa script)
ଶେପ (Odia script)
ꢯꢾꢦ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆼𑆥 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖸𑖢 (Siddham script)
ශෙප (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩔𑩰 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚲𑚞 (Takri script)
ஶேப (Tamil script)
శేప (Telugu script)
เศป (Thai script)
ཤེ་པ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒹𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨄𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱéypos (“pole, stick”). Cognate with Latin cippus.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́j.pɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕeː.pɐ/

Noun

शेप॑ • (śépa) stem, m ^[3]

the male organ, penis, membrum virile
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.112.4:
  अश्वो॒ वोळ्हा॑ सु॒खं रथं॑ हस॒नाम् उ॑पम॒न्त्रिणः॑ ।
  शेपो॒ रोम॑ण्वन्तौ भे॒दौ वार् इन् म॒ण्डूक॑ इच्छ॒तीन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥
  áśvo vóḷhā sukháṃ ráthaṃ hasanā́m upamantríṇaḥ.
  śépo rómaṇvantau bhedáu vā́r ín maṇḍū́ka icchatī́ndrāyendo pári srava.
  The draft-horse desires a cart easy to draw, while the jesters desire laughing and joking.
  The penis desires the hairy cleft (vulva), while the frog desires water. Flow Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
a tail

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शेप॑
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शेपः॑ (śépaḥ)	शेपौ॑ (śépau) शेपा॑¹ (śépā¹)	शेपाः॑ (śépāḥ) शेपा॑सः¹ (śépāsaḥ¹)
accusative	शेप॑म् (śépam)	शेपौ॑ (śépau) शेपा॑¹ (śépā¹)	शेपा॑न् (śépān)
instrumental	शेपे॑न (śépena)	शेपा॑भ्याम् (śépābhyām)	शेपैः॑ (śépaiḥ) शेपे॑भिः¹ (śépebhiḥ¹)
dative	शेपा॑य (śépāya)	शेपा॑भ्याम् (śépābhyām)	शेपे॑भ्यः (śépebhyaḥ)
ablative	शेपा॑त् (śépāt)	शेपा॑भ्याम् (śépābhyām)	शेपे॑भ्यः (śépebhyaḥ)
genitive	शेप॑स्य (śépasya)	शेप॑योः (śépayoḥ)	शेपा॑नाम् (śépānām)
locative	शेपे॑ (śépe)	शेप॑योः (śépayoḥ)	शेपे॑षु (śépeṣu)
vocative	शेप॑ (śépa)	शेपौ॑ (śépau) शेपा॑¹ (śépā¹)	शेपाः॑ (śépāḥ) शेपा॑सः¹ (śépāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Related terms

शेपस् (śépas, “the male organ, penis; testicle”)
शिफ (śípha, “lash or stroke of a rod”)

Descendants

⇒ Sanskrit: शेप्या (śepyā), Sanskrit: *छेप्या (*chepyā)
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa), 𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧 (cheppa)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧 (cheppa), 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa)
  - Marathi: शेप (śep), शेंप (śempa) (obsolete)
- ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧-𑀟-𑀅 (*cheppa-ḍa-a)
  - Marathi: शेपटा (śepṭā)
- ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧-𑀟-𑀇𑀆 (*cheppa-ḍa-iā)
  - Konkani: śẽpḍī, śẽpaḍī
    Devanagari script: शेंपडी (śempḍī)
    
    Latin script: ximttim
    
    Kannada script: ಶೇಪಡೀ (śēpaḍī)
  - Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: शिपटी (śipaṭī), सिंपटी (siṃpaṭī), सिंपुटी (siṃpuṭī)
    
    Modi script: 𑘫𑘲𑘢𑘘𑘲 (śīpaṭī), 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘢𑘘𑘲 (sīṃpaṭī), 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘢𑘳𑘘𑘲 (sīṃpuṭī)
    - Marathi: शेपटी (śepṭī), शेपूट (śepūṭ)
- ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀮𑀼𑀅 (chippālua)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa), 𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧 (cheppa)
- ⇒ Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧-𑀓𑁆𑀓-𑀮-𑀇𑀕𑀸 (*chippa-kka-la-igā)
  - Hindustani:
    Hindi: छिपकली (chipaklī, “lizard”)
    
    Urdu: چھپکلی (chipkalī, “lizard”)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999), “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎^[1], Helsinki, page 10: “*suaipa”
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śēpyāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press