खाप

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *खप्प (khappa, “sheath, cover”), from Dravidian. Compare Telugu కప్పు (kappu, “to cover”). Cognate with Bengali খাপ (khap). Related to Hindi कवच (kavac, “armour”). The sense of "slice of fruit" may be influenced by फाँक (phā̃k, “small piece of food”).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʰɑːp/, [kʰäːp]

खाप • (khāp) m

1. slice (of fruit)

   Synonym: फाड़ी (phāṛī)

2. sheath, stalk

• खपना (khapnā)
• खपाना (khapānā)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “खाप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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खाप (transliteration needed)

1. roof

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /kʰap/

खाप (khāp)

1. language, tongue, speech

• “खाप”, in याम्फु - नेपाली - अङ्ग्रेजी शब्दकोश (Yamphu - Nepali - English Dictionary), Nepal: SIL International, 2019.