Etymology

sarpat

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Today it means: Any of several species of sugarcane or sugarcane-like grasses found in India, of the genera Saccharum and Tripidium. Full definition →

Hindi सरपत ← Sanskrit शर
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromशर“arrow, reed”
  2. Hindi · borrowed fromसरपत
  3. English todaysarpat

Borrowed from Hindi सरपत (sarpat), from Sanskrit शर (śara, “arrow, reed”) + पत्त्र (pattra, “leaf”).

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