As a Hindi name
सीप · noun · masculine
कड़े आवरण के भीतर बंद रहनवाला शंख घघि आदि को जाति का एक जलजंतु जो छीट तालाबा ओर झीली से लेकर बड़े बड़े समुद्रों तक म े पाया जाता है । शुक्ति । मुक्तामाता । मुक्तागृह । सीपी । सितुही · सीप नामक समुद्री जलजंतु का सफेद कड़ा, चमकीला आवरण या संपुट जो बटन, चाकू के बेंट आदि बनाने के काम में आता है · ताल के सीप का संपुट जो चम्मच आदि के समान काम में लाया जाता है — Śabdasāgara
सीप · sīp · s.f.
An oyster-shell; a bivalve shell, a shell; mother-of-pearl; the first mangoes that fall from the tree — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 709
सीप · feminine
oyster
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit शुक्ति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit सिप्पी (sippī), from Sanskrit शुक्ति (śukti). Doublet of शुक्ति (śukti).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
śukti f. (prob. fr. √ 1. śuc and orig. ‘shining, bright’) a pearl-oyster or oyster shell (eight sources of pearls are enumerated by Sch. on Kir. xii, 40, viz. clouds, elephants, fish, serpents, bamboos, conch-shells, boars, and oyster shells), Kauś.; Kāv. &c.
a small shell or cockle, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a vessel (for making libations)
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sīpa m. a vessel (for making libations), L.
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