कपट

Etymology
Of unclear origin.

Pokorny tentatively derives the word from, from ; compare 🇨🇬.

Mayrhofer finds the above derivation unconvincing; he originally preferred taking the word as a borrowing, with original form *kapardu (whence perhaps ), comparing the term to  and. However, he had come to find the Dravidian connection less convincing over time.

Noun

 * 1) fraud, deceit, cheating, circumvention