कम्प्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Uncertain. Has been compared to Ancient Greek κάμπτω (kámptō) (see Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (to bend, curve)). LIV tentatively reconstructs *k⁽ʷ⁾emp-.

Pronunciation

Root

कम्प् • (kamp)

  1. to tremble, shake
  2. to cause to tremble or shake
  3. to pronounce in a tremulous manner

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कम्प् (0 c, 1 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root कम्प् (3 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
  • कम्पयति (kampayati) (Causative)
  • कम्प्यते (kampyate) (Passive of Causative)
Non-Finite Forms
  • कम्पित (kampita) (Past Participle)
  • कम्प्य (kampya) (Gerundive)
  • कम्पनीय (kampanīya) (Gerundive)
Derived Nominal Forms
Prefixed Root Forms
  • अनुकम्प् (anukamp)
  • अभिकम्प् (abhikamp)
  • आकम्प् (ākamp)
  • उत्कम्प् (utkamp)
  • प्रकम्प् (prakamp)
  • विकम्प् (vikamp)
  • संकम्प् (saṃkamp)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “कम्प्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “kamp”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “KAMP”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 306
  • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 351