त्रिपाद

Sanskrit

Etymology

From त्रि (trí) +‎ पाद (pā́da). Cognate to Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous, “tripod”), Latin tripēs (“tripod”), Classical Persian سه پایه (sih-pāya, “tripod”).

Noun

त्रिपाद • (tripāda) stem, m

1. an asterism of which three-fourths are included under one zodiacal sign (W.)
2. a vessel with three feet, a tripod (Kauś.)

Related terms

• त्रिपादी (tripādī)
• त्रिपादिका (tripādikā)

Descendants

• Hindustani: (partially)

  Hindi: तिपाई (tipāī)

  Urdu: تپائی‎ (tipāī)

  • → English: teapoy, tepoy, tea-poy
    • → Bengali: টিপাই (ṭipai)
    • → Kannada: ಟೀಪಾಯಿ (ṭīpāyi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “त्रिपाद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 459, 1328.