कर्पट

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কৰ্পট (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬃᬧᬝ (Balinese script)
• কর্পট (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰨𑰿𑰢𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀧𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• ကရ်္ပဋ (Burmese script)
• કર્પટ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਰ੍ਪਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦂꦥꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂩𑂹𑂣𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ಕರ್ಪಟ (Kannada script)
• កប៌ដ (Khmer script)
• ກຣ຺ປຏ (Lao script)
• കര്പട (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡵᢒᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘢𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠷᢒᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧈𑧠𑧂𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐬𑑂𑐥𑐚 (Newa script)
• କର୍ପଟ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢬ꣄ꢦꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆫𑇀𑆥𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖨𑖿𑖢𑖘 (Siddham script)
• කර්‍පට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩼 𑪙𑩰𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚤𑚶𑚞𑚔 (Takri script)
• கர்பட (Tamil script)
• కర్పట (Telugu script)
• กรฺปฏ (Thai script)
• ཀ་རྤ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒩𑓂𑒣𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨫𑩇𑨞𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a prefixed form of पट (paṭa, “garment”), and/or borrowed from Austroasiatic or Dravidian. Possibly related to कर्पास (karpāsa, “cotton”); in this case, the -pāsa- in कर्पास (karpāsa) is a dialectal form of पट (paṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.pɐ.ʈɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐɾ.pɐ.ʈɐ/

Noun

कर्पट • (karpaṭa) stem, n

1. old or patched or raggedy garments; a patch; a rag

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of कर्पट (karpaṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कर्पटम् karpaṭam	कर्पटे karpaṭe	कर्पटानि / कर्पटा¹ karpaṭāni / karpaṭā¹
Vocative	कर्पट karpaṭa	कर्पटे karpaṭe	कर्पटानि / कर्पटा¹ karpaṭāni / karpaṭā¹
Accusative	कर्पटम् karpaṭam	कर्पटे karpaṭe	कर्पटानि / कर्पटा¹ karpaṭāni / karpaṭā¹
Instrumental	कर्पटेन karpaṭena	कर्पटाभ्याम् karpaṭābhyām	कर्पटैः / कर्पटेभिः¹ karpaṭaiḥ / karpaṭebhiḥ¹
Dative	कर्पटाय karpaṭāya	कर्पटाभ्याम् karpaṭābhyām	कर्पटेभ्यः karpaṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	कर्पटात् karpaṭāt	कर्पटाभ्याम् karpaṭābhyām	कर्पटेभ्यः karpaṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	कर्पटस्य karpaṭasya	कर्पटयोः karpaṭayoḥ	कर्पटानाम् karpaṭānām
Locative	कर्पटे karpaṭe	कर्पटयोः karpaṭayoḥ	कर्पटेषु karpaṭeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀟 (kappaḍa)
  • Hindi: कपड़ा (kapṛā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कर्पट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 258, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 68
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 174