कुप्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kawp-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kawp-, from Proto-Indo-European *kwep- (“to boil, smoke, move violently”). Cognate with Latin cupio (“I desire”), vapor (“steam”), Lithuanian kūpėti, Old English hopa (whence English hope).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kup/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kup/

Root

कुप् • (kup)

1. to be agitated
2. to fume
3. to be excited
4. to boil with rage

Derived terms

• कुप्यति (kúpyati, “to become agitated, to bubble up”)
• कोप (kópa, “anger, rage”)
• कोपयति (kopáyati, “to make angry, to provoke”)