# सुप्त
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सुप्त (supta).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sʊpt̪/
* Rhymes: -ʊpt̪

### Adjective

सुप्त • (supt) (indeclinable)
* asleep, sleeping
* inert
* numbed, insensible

#### Synonyms

* (asleep): सोया हुआ (soyā huā), शयित (śayit), निद्रित (nidrit), सनिद्र (sanidra), निद्राभिभूत (nidrābhibhūt)
* (inert): सुस्त (sust)
* (numbed): सुन्न (sunn)

#### Antonyms

* जाग्रत (jāgrat)
* जागा हुआ (jāgā huā)
* सजग (sajag)

#### Derived terms

* सुप्तावस्था (suptāvasthā)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सुप्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सुप्त”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সুপ্ত (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬸᬧ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
* সুপ্ত (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰲𑰢𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* သုပ္တ (Burmese script)
* સુપ્ત (Gujarati script)
* ਸੁਪ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍁𑌪𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦸꦥ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂳𑂣𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಸುಪ್ತ (Kannada script)
* សុប្ត (Khmer script)
* ສຸປ຺ຕ (Lao script)
* സുപ്ത (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᡠᢒᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘳𑘢𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠤᢒᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧔𑧂𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐸𑐥𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
* ସୁପ୍ତ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢸꢦ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆶𑆥𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖲𑖢𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
* සුප‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩒𑩰 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚰𑚞𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
* ஸுப்த (Tamil script)
* సుప్త (Telugu script)
* สุปฺต (Thai script)
* སུ་པྟ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒳𑒣𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨃𑨞𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *suptás, from Proto-Indo-European *sup-tó-s, from *swep- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Middle Persian hwptk (xuftag) (whence Persian خفته (xofte, “asleep, dormant”)), Parthian [script needed] (xuft, “asleep”), Gilaki خفت (xuft), Sogdian [script needed] (՚wβṭyy), Pashto ويده (widë, “asleep”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sup.tɐ́/, [sup̚.tɐ́]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪up.t̪ɐ/, [ˈs̪up̚.t̪ɐ]

### Adjective

सुप्त • (suptá) stem
* asleep, fallen asleep
** c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 34.1:यज्जाग्रतो दूरमुदैति दैवं तदु सुप्तस्य तथैवैति । दूरंगमं ज्योतिषां ज्योतिरेकं तन्मे मनः शिवसंकल्पमस्तु ॥yajjāgrato dūramudaiti daivaṃ tadu suptasya tathaivaiti. dūraṃgamaṃ jyotiṣāṃ jyotirekaṃ tanme manaḥ śivasaṃkalpamastu.That which is divine and mounts far when man is waking, and which returns to him when he is asleep, The one light among the many lights that goeth to a distance, may that mind of mine, be moved by the right intention.
* resting, inactive, dull, latent
* (in compounds) paralysed, numbed

#### Derived terms

* सुषुप्त (súṣupta)

#### Related terms

* स्वप्न (svapna)
* स्वपति (svapati)

#### Descendants

* Pali: sutta
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (sutta)
** Hindi: सूतना (sūtnā, “to sleep”, verb)
** Old Marwari: सुतो (suto)
** Romani: suto
** Sindhi: suto
    Arabic script: سُتو
    Devanagari script: सुतो
* → Kannada: ಸುಪ್ತ (supta)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “सुप्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1230.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सुप्त”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan