कपट

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp-, from *kh₂em- (“bend, curve”), see also Albanian këmbë.

Noun

कपट • (kapaṭa) m or n

fraud, deceit, cheating, circumvention
Synonyms: धोखा (dhokhā), छल (chal)

Descendants

Tamil: கபடம் (kapaṭam)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “525”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 525

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