शेंपडी

Konkani

Alternative forms
  • शेपडी (śepḍī), शेपुट (śepuṭ)

Etymology

From Maharastri Prakrit 𑀙𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧 (cheppa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit शेप्या (śepyā́), a feminine form of शेप (śépa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šáypas, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp-o- (“pole, stick”) (compare Latin cippus).[1][2][3] Cognate with Marathi शेपटी (śepṭī), शेपूट (śepūṭ), Hindi छिपकली (chipaklī).

Noun

शेंपडी or शेंपडी • (śẽpḍī or śẽpaḍī) (Latin script ximttim, Kannada script ಶೇಪಡೀ)

  1. (anatomy) tail

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śēpyāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. Lubotsky, Alexander (1999), “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki, page 10
  3. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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