नृप

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নৃপ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬺᬧ (Balinese script)
• নৃপ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰴𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀾𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• နၖပ (Burmese script)
• નૃપ (Gujarati script)
• ਨ੍ਰਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍃𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦽꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑃂𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ನೃಪ (Kannada script)
• ន្ឫប (Khmer script)
• ນ຺ຣິປ (Lao script)
• നൃപ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡵᡳᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘵𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠷᠢᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧖𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐺𑐥 (Newa script)
• ନୃପ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢺꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆸𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖴𑖢 (Siddham script)
• නෘප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩙𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚞 (Takri script)
• ந்ரிப (Tamil script)
• నృప (Telugu script)
• นฺฤป (Thai script)
• ནྲྀ་པ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒵𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨼𑨉𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of नृ (nṛ, “man, person”) +‎ प (pa, “protecting”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nŕ̩.pɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪r̩.pɐ/

Noun

नृप • (nṛ́pa) stem, m

1. king, sovereign

   Synonym: राजन् (rājan)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नृप (nṛ́pa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नृपः nṛ́paḥ	नृपौ / नृपा¹ nṛ́pau / nṛ́pā¹	नृपाः / नृपासः¹ nṛ́pāḥ / nṛ́pāsaḥ¹
Vocative	नृप nṛ́pa	नृपौ / नृपा¹ nṛ́pau / nṛ́pā¹	नृपाः / नृपासः¹ nṛ́pāḥ / nṛ́pāsaḥ¹
Accusative	नृपम् nṛ́pam	नृपौ / नृपा¹ nṛ́pau / nṛ́pā¹	नृपान् nṛ́pān
Instrumental	नृपेण nṛ́peṇa	नृपाभ्याम् nṛ́pābhyām	नृपैः / नृपेभिः¹ nṛ́paiḥ / nṛ́pebhiḥ¹
Dative	नृपाय nṛ́pāya	नृपाभ्याम् nṛ́pābhyām	नृपेभ्यः nṛ́pebhyaḥ
Ablative	नृपात् nṛ́pāt	नृपाभ्याम् nṛ́pābhyām	नृपेभ्यः nṛ́pebhyaḥ
Genitive	नृपस्य nṛ́pasya	नृपयोः nṛ́payoḥ	नृपाणाम् nṛ́pāṇām
Locative	नृपे nṛ́pe	नृपयोः nṛ́payoḥ	नृपेषु nṛ́peṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Malayalam: നൃപൻ (nr̥paṉ)