Where does “تھَپَل” come from?

تھَپَل (Kashmiri) comes from Arabic اَل, from Sanskrit अलाबु — the bottle gourd; a vessel made of the bottle...

تھَپَل (Kashmiri): rapacious, tending to grab things

Definitions

  1. rapacious, tending to grab things

Ancestry of “تھَپَل”, step by step

تھَپَل traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic اَل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicاَلthe
2Sanskritअलाबुthe bottle gourd; a vessel made of the bottle...

via Kashmiri تھَپھ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kashmiriتھَپھgrip
2Sanskrit*थप्प्—
Every word from Sanskrit अलाबु →Every word from Arabic اَل →