लेप

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 lipaĩ (“glue”), Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐj.pɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪eː.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
Nom. sg.	लेपः (lepaḥ)
Gen. sg.	लेपस्य (lepasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	लेपः (lepaḥ)	लेपौ (lepau)	लेपाः (lepāḥ)
Vocative	लेप (lepa)	लेपौ (lepau)	लेपाः (lepāḥ)
Accusative	लेपम् (lepam)	लेपौ (lepau)	लेपान् (lepān)
Instrumental	लेपेन (lepena)	लेपाभ्याम् (lepābhyām)	लेपैः (lepaiḥ)
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)

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 (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 453–454