# सर्प
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa). Doublet of साँप (sā̃p).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /səɾp/, [sɐɾp]

### Noun

सर्प • (sarp) m (Urdu spelling سرپ)
* snake
    Synonyms: नाग (nāg), साँप (sā̃p)

#### Declension
## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa). Doublet of साप (sāp).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /səɾ.pə/

### Noun

सर्प • (sarpa) m (feminine सर्पीण)
* snake, serpent

#### Derived terms

* सर्पदंश (sarpadauśa)
* सर्पमित्र (sarpamitra)

### Further reading

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “सर्प”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सर्प”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सर्प”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সৰ্প (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬃᬧ (Balinese script)
* সর্প (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰨𑰿𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀭𑁆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
* သရ်္ပ (Burmese script)
* સર્પ (Gujarati script)
* ਸਰ੍ਪ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌪 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦂꦥ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂩𑂹𑂣 (Kaithi script)
* ಸರ್ಪ (Kannada script)
* សប៌ (Khmer script)
* ສຣ຺ປ (Lao script)
* സര്പ (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠠᡵᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘨𑘿𑘢 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠠᠷᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧈𑧠𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐬𑑂𑐥 (Newa script)
* ସର୍ପ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢬ꣄ꢦ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆫𑇀𑆥 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖨𑖿𑖢 (Siddham script)
* සර්‍ප (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩼 𑪙𑩰 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚤𑚶𑚞 (Takri script)
* ஸர்ப (Tamil script)
* సర్ప (Telugu script)
* สรฺป (Thai script)
* ས་རྤ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒩𑓂𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨫𑩇𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root सृप् (sṛp), from Proto-Indo-European *serp- (“to crawl, creep”). Cognate with Latin serpēns (“serpent”), Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón), Albanian gjarpër.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐɾ.pɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪ɐɾ.pɐ/

### Adjective

स॒र्प • (sarpá) stem (root सृप्)
* creeping, crawling, stealing along

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### Noun

स॒र्प • (sarpá) stem, m (root सृप्)
* a snake, serpent, serpent-demon (nāga), tortuous motion
* a particular constellation (when only the three unfavourable planets are situated in the three kendras)
* Mesua ferrea ( <= Mesua roxburghii), the Ceylon ironwood
* name of one of the 11 rudras of a rakshasa
* (in the plural) name of a particular tribe of mlecchas (formerly kshatriyas and described as wearing beards)
* name of the wife of a Rudra

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Pali: sappa
** → Thai: สัปปะ (sàp-bpà)
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀧 (sappa) (see there for further descendants)

##### Borrowed terms

* → Kashmiri: سَرُپھ (saruph)
* → Dhivehi: ހަރުފަ (harufa)
* → Javanese: sarpa
* → Konkani: सोरोप (sorop)
* → Sinhalese: සර්පයා (sarpayā)
* → Bengali: সর্প (śorpo)
* → Gujarati: સર્પ (sarp)
* → Hindi: सर्प (sarp)
* → Malayalam: സർപ്പം (saṟppaṁ)
* → Kannada: ಸರ್ಪ (sarpa)
* → Marathi: सर्प (sarpa)
* → Tamil: சர்ப்பம் (carppam)
* ⇒ Telugu: సర్పము (sarpamu)

### Noun

स॒र्प • (sarpá) stem, n
* = सपसामन् (sapa-sāman)

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### References

* “सर्प॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 602, column 1.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सर्प”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 341
* Monier Williams (1899) “सर्प”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1184, column 1.