स्फ्य
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- স্ফ্য (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬨ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
- স্ফ্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰣𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀨𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- သ္ဖျ (Burmese script)
- સ્ફ્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਫ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌫𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦦꦾ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂤𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ಫ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- ស្ផ្យ (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ຜ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- സ്ഫ്യ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᡦᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘣𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠹᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧃𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐦𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ଫ୍ଯ (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢧ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆦𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖣𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- ස්ඵ්ය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩱 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚟𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
- ஸ்ப்²ய (Tamil script)
- స్ఫ్య (Telugu script)
- สฺผฺย (Thai script)
- སྥྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒤𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨟𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably related to Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē) and English spade. The term may derive from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ph₂-y-o-, from *(s)peh₂- (“to draw”).[1] Alternatively, the EIEC suggests that the term emerged from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-yó-, itself perhaps metathesized from *h2/3osp-, whence also perhaps Proto-Germanic *aspō[2]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /spʰjɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪pʰjɐ/
Noun
स्फ्य • (sphyá) stem, n
- shoulder blade
- an implement used in sacrifices described as a flat piece of wood
- an oar
- the spar or boom of a ship
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | स्फ्यम् (sphyám) | स्फ्ये (sphyé) | स्फ्यानि॑ (sphyā́ni) स्फ्या¹ (sphyā́¹) |
| accusative | स्फ्यम् (sphyám) | स्फ्ये (sphyé) | स्फ्यानि॑ (sphyā́ni) स्फ्या¹ (sphyā́¹) |
| instrumental | स्फ्येन॑ (sphyéna) | स्फ्याभ्या॑म् (sphyā́bhyām) | स्फ्यैः (sphyáiḥ) स्फ्येभिः॑¹ (sphyébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | स्फ्याय॑ (sphyā́ya) | स्फ्याभ्या॑म् (sphyā́bhyām) | स्फ्येभ्यः॑ (sphyébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | स्फ्यात् (sphyā́t) | स्फ्याभ्या॑म् (sphyā́bhyām) | स्फ्येभ्यः॑ (sphyébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | स्फ्यस्य॑ (sphyásya) | स्फ्ययोः॑ (sphyáyoḥ) | स्फ्याना॑म् (sphyā́nām) |
| locative | स्फ्ये (sphyé) | स्फ्ययोः॑ (sphyáyoḥ) | स्फ्येषु॑ (sphyéṣu) |
| vocative | स्फ्य (sphyá) | स्फ्ये (sphyé) | स्फ्यानि॑ (sphyā́ni) स्फ्या¹ (sphyā́¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*spadan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*h2/3osp-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 33
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्फ्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1271, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 779
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976), “sphyáḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][3] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 547