लेप

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लेप (lepa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /leːp/

Noun

लेप • (lep) m

1. (medicine) ointment, paste, liniment, smearing, embrocation

   Synonyms: लेपन (lepan), उबटन (ubṭan)

   वैद्य जी ने चोट पर लगाने के लिए जड़ी-बूटियों का एक विशेष लेप तैयार किया।

   vaidya jī ne coṭ par lagāne ke lie jaṛī-būṭiyõ kā ek viśeṣ lep taiyār kiyā.

   The physician prepared a special ointment of herbs to apply on the wound.

2. coating, plastering, plaster, coat

   Synonym: पुताई (putāī)

Declension

Declension of लेप (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लेप lep	लेप lep
oblique	लेप lep	लेपों lepõ
vocative	लेप lep	लेपो lepo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “लेप”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4314
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “लेप”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 681
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “लेप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 900
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “लेप”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 571.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লেপ (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬾᬧ (Balinese script)
• লেপ (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰸𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑁂𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• လေပ (Burmese script)
• લેપ (Gujarati script)
• ਲੇਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑍇𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦺꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂵𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ಲೇಪ (Kannada script)
• លេប (Khmer script)
• ເລປ (Lao script)
• ലേപ (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᡝᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘹𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠧᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧚𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐾𑐥 (Newa script)
• ଲେପ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢾꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆼𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖸𑖢 (Siddham script)
• ලෙප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩔𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚲𑚞 (Takri script)
• லேப (Tamil script)
• లేప (Telugu script)
• เลป (Thai script)
• ལེ་པ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒹𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨄𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lóypos (“adhesive, glue, something smeared”), from the root *leyp- (“to stick, adhere to, smear; fatty substance”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *lě̑pъ, Lithuanian lipai̇̃ (“glue”), Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐj.pɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪eː.pɐ/

Noun

लेप • (lepa) stem, m (root लिप्)

1. ointment, unguent

   Synonym: अञ्जस् (áñjas)

2. glue
3. plaster
4. anything that is smeared
5. lepin
6. the act of smearing

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of लेप

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	लेपः (lepaḥ)	लेपौ (lepau) लेपा¹ (lepā¹)	लेपाः (lepāḥ) लेपासः¹ (lepāsaḥ¹)
accusative	लेपम् (lepam)	लेपौ (lepau) लेपा¹ (lepā¹)	लेपान् (lepān)
instrumental	लेपेन (lepena)	लेपाभ्याम् (lepābhyām)	लेपैः (lepaiḥ) लेपेभिः¹ (lepebhiḥ¹)
dative	लेपाय (lepāya)	लेपाभ्याम् (lepābhyām)	लेपेभ्यः (lepebhyaḥ)
ablative	लेपात् (lepāt)	लेपाभ्याम् (lepābhyām)	लेपेभ्यः (lepebhyaḥ)
genitive	लेपस्य (lepasya)	लेपयोः (lepayoḥ)	लेपानाम् (lepānām)
locative	लेपे (lepe)	लेपयोः (lepayoḥ)	लेपेषु (lepeṣu)
vocative	लेप (lepa)	लेपौ (lepau) लेपा¹ (lepā¹)	लेपाः (lepāḥ) लेपासः¹ (lepāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• अवलेप (avalepa)
• वज्रलेप (vajralepa)

Related terms

• रिपु (ripu)
• रिप् (rip)
• रिप्त (ripta)
• रिप्र (ripra)
• रेपस् (repas)
• लिपि (lipi)
• लिप्त (lipta)
• लिप्यते (lipyate)
• लिम्पति (limpati)
• लेपन (lepana)
• लेपिन् (lepin)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “लेप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 902, column 3.
• Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*lei̯p- 'kleben bleiben'”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon]‎^[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 453–454