साप

From Sanskrit शाप (śāpa)

साप (sāp)

1. curse
   • तुलसीदास (Tulsīdās), संकटमोचन हनुमानाष्टक (Sankatmochan Hanumanashtak) :

     चौंकि महा मुनि साप दियो

     cauṅki mahā muni sāp diyo

From Persian صاف‎ (sâf). Cognate with Hindi साफ़ (sāf).

साप (sāp)

1. Banaphari standard form of साफ (sāph).

From Old Marathi 𑘭𑘰𑘢 (sāpa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀧 (sappa), from Sanskrit सर्प (sarpá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sarpás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sarpás, from Proto-Indo-European *serp- (“to crawl, creep”). Doublet of सर्प (sarp). Cognate with Gujarati સાપ (sāp), Hindi साँप (sā̃p), Sindhi سپُ‎ / सपु (sapu), Punjabi ਸੱਪ (sap) / سپ‎ (sapp), Nepali साँप (sā̃pa), Oriya ସାପ (sapô), Bengali সাপ (sap), Assamese সাপ (xap).

साप • (sāp) m

1. snake
2. reptile

• Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), “साप”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “साप”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Yasavanta Ramakrshna Date (1932-1950), “साप”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sarpá (13271)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

• साँप (sā̃p)

From Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

साप • (sāp)

1. snake