कृपा

See also: कोप, कपि, कापी, and कृप्

Braj

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कृपा (kṛpā).

Noun

कृपा (kŕpā) f

1. compassion, kindness

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कृपा (kṛpā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɾɪ.pɑː/, [kɾɪ.päː]

Noun

कृपा • (kŕpā) f (Urdu spelling کرپا)

1. kindness, compassion, grace
2. favour (instance of kindness)
3. clemency

Declension

Declension of कृपा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कृपा kŕpā	कृपाएँ kŕpāẽ
oblique	कृपा kŕpā	कृपाओं kŕpāõ
vocative	कृपा kŕpā	कृपाओ kŕpāo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कृपा (kṛpā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾu.pa/

Noun

कृपा • (kŕpā) f

1. grace, kindness, compassion
2. favour (instance of kindness or tenderness)
3. mercifulness

Declension

Declension of कृपा (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	कृपा kŕpā
direct plural	कृपा kṛpā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	कृपा kŕpā		कृपा kṛpā
oblique सामान्यरूप	कृपे kṛpe		कृपां- kṛpān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	कृपेला kṛpelā		कृपांना kṛpānnā
ergative	कृपेने, कृपेनं kṛpene, kṛpena		कृपांनी kṛpānnī
instrumental	कृपेशी kṛpeśī		कृपांशी kṛpānśī
locative सप्तमी	कृपेत kṛpet		कृपांत kṛpāt
vocative संबोधन	कृपे kṛpe		कृपांनो kṛpānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of कृपा (fem ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	कृपेचा kṛpeċā	कृपेचे kṛpeċe	कृपेची kṛpecī	कृपेच्या kṛpecā	कृपेचे, कृपेचं kṛpeċe, kṛpeċa	कृपेची kṛpecī	कृपेच्या kṛpecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	कृपांचा kṛpānċā	कृपांचे kṛpānċe	कृपांची kṛpāñcī	कृपांच्या kṛpāncā	कृपांचे, कृपांचं kṛpānċe, kṛpānċa	कृपांची kṛpāñcī	कृपांच्या kṛpāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “कृपा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “कृपा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কৃপা (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬺᬧᬵ (Balinese script)
• কৃপা (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰴𑰢𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀾𑀧𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ကၖပါ (Burmese script)
• કૃપા (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਰਪਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍃𑌪𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦽꦥꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑃂𑂣𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೃಪಾ (Kannada script)
• ក្ឫបា (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ຣິປາ (Lao script)
• കൃപാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡵᡳᢒᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘵𑘢𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠷᠢᢒᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧖𑧂𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐺𑐥𑐵 (Newa script)
• କୃପା (Odia script)
• ꢒꢺꢦꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆸𑆥𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖴𑖢𑖯 (Siddham script)
• කෘපා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩙𑩰𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚞𑚭 (Takri script)
• க்ரிபா (Tamil script)
• కృపా (Telugu script)
• กฺฤปา (Thai script)
• ཀྲྀ་པཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒵𑒣𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨼𑨉𑨞𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root कृप् (kṛp, “to pity”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kr̩.pɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kr̩.pɑː/

Noun

कृ॒पा • (kṛpā́) stem, f

1. pity, tenderness, compassion
2. favour
3. name of a river

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of कृ॒पा॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कृ॒पा॑ (kṛpā̀)	कृ॒पे॑ (kṛpè)	कृ॒पाः॑ (kṛpā̀ḥ)
accusative	कृ॒पा॑म् (kṛpā̀m)	कृ॒पे॑ (kṛpè)	कृ॒पाः॑ (kṛpā̀ḥ)
instrumental	कृ॒प॑या (kṛpàyā) कृ॒पा॑¹ (kṛpā̀¹)	कृ॒पा॑भ्याम् (kṛpā̀bhyām)	कृ॒पा॑भिः (kṛpā̀bhiḥ)
dative	कृ॒पा॑यै (kṛpā̀yai)	कृ॒पा॑भ्याम् (kṛpā̀bhyām)	कृ॒पा॑भ्यः (kṛpā̀bhyaḥ)
ablative	कृ॒पा॑याः (kṛpā̀yāḥ) कृ॒पा॑यै² (kṛpā̀yai²)	कृ॒पा॑भ्याम् (kṛpā̀bhyām)	कृ॒पा॑भ्यः (kṛpā̀bhyaḥ)
genitive	कृ॒पा॑याः (kṛpā̀yāḥ) कृ॒पा॑यै² (kṛpā̀yai²)	कृ॒प॑योः (kṛpàyoḥ)	कृ॒पा॑णाम् (kṛpā̀ṇām)
locative	कृ॒पा॑याम् (kṛpā̀yām)	कृ॒प॑योः (kṛpàyoḥ)	कृ॒पा॑सु (kṛpā̀su)
vocative	कृपे॑ (kṛ́pe)	कृपे॑ (kṛ́pe)	कृपाः॑ (kṛ́pāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Bengali: কৃপা (kripa) (learned)
• → Hindi: कृपा (kŕpā) (learned)
• → Malayalam: കൃപ (kr̥pa) (learned)
• → Marathi: कृपा (kŕpā) (learned)
• → Nepali: कृपा (kr̥pā) (learned)
• → Punjabi: ਕਿਰਪਾ (kirpā) (learned)
• → Tamil: கிருபை (kirupai) (learned)
• → Telugu: కృప (kr̥pa) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “कृपा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 305, column 1.