सपेरा

See also: सँपेरा, से परे, and सप्‍रे़

Hindi

सपेरा (saperā, “snake charmer”)

Alternative forms

• सँपेरा (sãperā), सपेहरा (sapehrā)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀳𑀭𑀓 (*sappaharaka, “snake-catcher”) (compare Sanskrit सर्पधारक (sarpadhāraka)), from 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀧 (sappa, “snake”). By surface analysis, साँप (sā̃p) +‎ -एरा (-erā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sə.peː.ɾɑː/, [sɐ.peː.ɾäː]
• Hyphenation: स‧पे‧रा
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

सपेरा • (saperā) m (Urdu spelling سَپیرَا)

1. a snake charmer; a snake catcher

Declension

Declension of सपेरा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सपेरा saperā	सपेरे sapere
oblique	सपेरे sapere	सपेरों saperõ
vocative	सपेरे sapere	सपेरो sapero

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सपेरा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4949
• “सपेरा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “सपेरा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 777
• Platts, John T. (1884) “सपेरा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 636