अप-

See also: अप्, अपि, and अपी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

अप (ápa)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অপ- (Assamese script)
ᬅᬧ- (Balinese script)
অপ- (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰢- (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀧- (Brahmi script)
အပ- (Burmese script)
અપ- (Gujarati script)
ਅਪ- (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌪- (Grantha script)
ꦄꦥ- (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂣- (Kaithi script)
ಅಪ- (Kannada script)
អប- (Khmer script)
ອປ- (Lao script)
അപ- (Malayalam script)
ᠠᢒᠠ᠊ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘢- (Modi script)
ᠠᢒᠠ᠊ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧂- (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐥- (Newa script)
ଅପ- (Odia script)
ꢂꢦ- (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆥- (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖢- (Siddham script)
අප- (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩰- (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚞- (Takri script)
அப- (Tamil script)
అప- (Telugu script)
อป- (Thai script)
ཨ་པ- (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒣- (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨞- (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hápa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo. Cognate with Old Persian 𐎠𐎱 (apa, “away”), Avestan 𐬀𐬞𐬀 (apa), Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀢 (a-pu), Latin ab (“from”), Proto-Germanic *ab (“away from”), Proto-Slavic *po.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.pɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐ/

Prefix

अप- • (ápa-)

away, off, back
down

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “away”): उप- (úpa-), अनु- (ánu-), सम्- (sam-), प्र- (prá-)
(antonym(s) of “down”): उद्- (úd-)

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms prefixed with अप-

अपोहति

अपदेश

अपद्रव्य

अपनह्यति

अपभ्रंश

References

Monier Williams (1899), “अप-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 47, column 3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ápa”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 82