सपर्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সপৰ্য (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬧᬃᬬ (Balinese script)
• সপর্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰢𑰨𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀧𑀭𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• သပရျ (Burmese script)
• સપર્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਸਪਰ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦥꦫꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂣𑂩𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಪರ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• សបយ៌ (Khmer script)
• ສປຣ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• സപര്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᢒᠠᡵᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘢𑘨𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢒᠠᠷᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧂𑧈𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐥𑐬𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ସପର୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢦꢬ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆥𑆫𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖢𑖨𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• සපර්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩰𑩼 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚞𑚤𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஸபர்ய (Tamil script)
• సపర్య (Telugu script)
• สปรฺย (Thai script)
• ས་པ་རྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒣𑒩𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨞𑨫𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sep-el-yé (“to honor”), a derivative of *sep-el- (“honor”), from *sep- (“to care for”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕπω (hépō, “to busy oneself with”), Latin sepeliō (“to bury, inter”). See also सप् (sap, “to honor”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.pɐɾ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐˈpɐɾ.jɐ/

Root

सपर्य • (saparya)

1. to serve attentively, honor, worship, adore
2. to offer or dedicate reverentially
3. to accept kindly

Derived terms

• सपर्यति (saparyati)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सपर्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1148/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 699