वपा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৱপা (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬧᬵ (Balinese script)
• বপা (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰢𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀧𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဝပါ (Burmese script)
• વપા (Gujarati script)
• ਵਪਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌪𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦥꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂣𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ವಪಾ (Kannada script)
• វបា (Khmer script)
• ວປາ (Lao script)
• വപാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᢒᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘢𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢒᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧂𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐥𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଵପା (Odia script)
• ꢮꢦꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆥𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖢𑖯 (Siddham script)
• වපා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩰𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚞𑚭 (Takri script)
• வபா (Tamil script)
• వపా (Telugu script)
• วปา (Thai script)
• ཝ་པཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒣𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨞𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wamp- (“membrane (of bowels), intestines, womb”). Cognate with Old English womb, wamb (whence English womb).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

वपा • (vapā́) stem, f

1. skin or membrane covering the intestines or parts of the viscera
2. caul
3. omentum

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of वपा (vapā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वपा vapā́	वपे vapé	वपाः vapā́ḥ
Vocative	वपे vápe	वपे vápe	वपाः vápāḥ
Accusative	वपाम् vapā́m	वपे vapé	वपाः vapā́ḥ
Instrumental	वपया / वपा¹ vapáyā / vapā́¹	वपाभ्याम् vapā́bhyām	वपाभिः vapā́bhiḥ
Dative	वपायै vapā́yai	वपाभ्याम् vapā́bhyām	वपाभ्यः vapā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	वपायाः / वपायै² vapā́yāḥ / vapā́yai²	वपाभ्याम् vapā́bhyām	वपाभ्यः vapā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	वपायाः / वपायै² vapā́yāḥ / vapā́yai²	वपयोः vapáyoḥ	वपानाम् vapā́nām
Locative	वपायाम् vapā́yām	वपयोः vapáyoḥ	वपासु vapā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वपा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 919/3.