त्रिपाद

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रिपाद (tripāda). Phono-semantic matching of English tripod.

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɾɪ.pɑːd̪/, [t̪ɾɪ.päːd̪]

Noun

त्रिपाद • (tripād) m

tripod
- (Can we date this quote?), Jaiprakash Bharti, पानी में चंदा और चाँद पर आदमी:
  अब उन्होंने टेलीविजन कैमरे को त्रिपाद पर जमा दिया।
  ab unhõne ṭelīvijan kaimre ko tripād par jamā diyā.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of त्रिपाद (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	त्रिपाद tripād	त्रिपाद tripād
oblique	त्रिपाद tripād	त्रिपादों tripādõ
vocative	त्रिपाद tripād	त्रिपादो tripādo

Sanskrit

Etymology

From त्रि (trí) +‎ पाद (pā́da). Cognate to Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous, “tripod”), Latin tripēs (“tripod”), Classical Persian (sih-pāya, “tripod”).

Noun

त्रिपाद • (tripāda) stem, m

an asterism of which three-fourths are included under one zodiacal sign (W.)
a vessel with three feet, a tripod (Kauś.)

Related terms

त्रिपादी (tripādī)
त्रिपादिका (tripādikā)

Descendants

Hindustani: (partially)
Hindi: तिपाई (tipāī)

Urdu: تپائی (tipāī)
- → English: teapoy, tepoy, tea-poy
  - → Bengali: টিপাই (ṭipai)
  - → Kannada: ಟೀಪಾಯಿ (ṭīpāyi)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “त्रिपाद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 459, 1328.

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