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लपेट lapeṭ(v.n. of lapeṭnā, q.v.), s.f. & m. Cover, covering, coating around (as of cloth, leather, mud, or paint), envelope; fold, coil, ply, plait, twist; bandage, fillet; girth, circumference, compass; blast, whirl, rush (of a storm, etc.; e.g. āṅdhī-kālapeṭ); withering blast (of a hot wind, or a furnace, etc.); a coup-desoleil; nipping or blasting stroke (of coldwind); an attack (as of an epidemic); an epidemic;—artful involution, ambiguity (of speech), prevarication, quibble; deception; entanglement, complication; difficulty, hardship; perturbation, consternation; loss, damage:—lapeṭ-jhapeṭ, or lapeṭ-sapeṭ, s.f. Involved state, confusion, jumble, disorder; evasion, subterfuge:—lapeṭkarnā, v.t.=lapeṭnā, q.v.
Origin: Hindi