शेपटी

Marathi

Alternative forms

Etymology

नपुसकलिंग (napusakliṅga): शेपूट n (śepūṭ)
पुल्लिंग (pulliṅga): शेपटा m (śepṭā)
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): शेपटी f (śepṭī)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘫𑘲𑘢𑘘𑘲 (śīpaṭī), 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘢𑘘𑘲 (sīṃpaṭī), 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘢𑘳𑘘𑘲 (sīṃpuṭī), 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 Konkani शेंपडी (śẽpḍī, śẽpaḍī), Hindi छिपकली (chipaklī).

The extension -𑀟- (-ḍa-) was devoiced through progressive voicing assimilation with the preceding /p/.

Noun

शेपटी (śepṭī) f

  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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