चाप
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑːp/, [t͡ʃäːp]
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀘𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*cappa), deverbal from 𑀘𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀇 (cappaï, “to press, flatten”). See there for more.
Noun
चाप • (cāp) f (Urdu spelling چاپ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चाप cāp |
चापें cāpẽ |
| oblique | चाप cāp |
चापों cāpõ |
| vocative | चाप cāp |
चापो cāpo |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit चाप (cāpa).
Noun
चाप • (cāp) m (Urdu spelling چاپ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चाप cāp |
चाप cāp |
| oblique | चाप cāp |
चापों cāpõ |
| vocative | चाप cāp |
चापो cāpo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चाप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চাপ (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬵᬧ (Balinese script)
- চাপ (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰯𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀸𑀧 (Brahmi script)
- စာပ (Burmese script)
- ચાપ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਾਪ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌾𑌪 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦴꦥ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂰𑂣 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಾಪ (Kannada script)
- ចាប (Khmer script)
- ຈາປ (Lao script)
- ചാപ (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠ᠊ᠠᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘰𑘢 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᢗᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧑𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐵𑐥 (Newa script)
- ଚାପ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢵꢦ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆳𑆥 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖯𑖢 (Siddham script)
- චාප (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩛𑩰 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚭𑚞 (Takri script)
- சாப (Tamil script)
- చాప (Telugu script)
- จาป (Thai script)
- ཙཱ་པ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒰𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨊𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably related to Persian چپ (čap, “left”); see there for more.[1] Probably not related to the Dravidian word family represented by Malayalam ചാമ്പു (cāmpu, “length”).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɑː.pɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɑː.pɐ/
Noun
चाप • (cāpa) stem, m or n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चापः (cāpaḥ) | चापौ (cāpau) | चापाः (cāpāḥ) |
| accusative | चापम् (cāpam) | चापौ (cāpau) | चापान् (cāpān) |
| instrumental | चापेन (cāpena) | चापाभ्याम् (cāpābhyām) | चापैः (cāpaiḥ) |
| dative | चापाय (cāpāya) | चापाभ्याम् (cāpābhyām) | चापेभ्यः (cāpebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चापात् (cāpāt) | चापाभ्याम् (cāpābhyām) | चापेभ्यः (cāpebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चापस्य (cāpasya) | चापयोः (cāpayoḥ) | चापानाम् (cāpānām) |
| locative | चापे (cāpe) | चापयोः (cāpayoḥ) | चापेषु (cāpeṣu) |
| vocative | चाप (cāpa) | चापौ (cāpau) | चापाः (cāpāḥ) |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चापम् (cāpam) | चापे (cāpe) | चापानि (cāpāni) |
| accusative | चापम् (cāpam) | चापे (cāpe) | चापानि (cāpāni) |
| instrumental | चापेन (cāpena) | चापाभ्याम् (cāpābhyām) | चापैः (cāpaiḥ) |
| dative | चापाय (cāpāya) | चापाभ्याम् (cāpābhyām) | चापेभ्यः (cāpebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चापात् (cāpāt) | चापाभ्याम् (cāpābhyām) | चापेभ्यः (cāpebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चापस्य (cāpasya) | चापयोः (cāpayoḥ) | चापानाम् (cāpānām) |
| locative | चापे (cāpe) | चापयोः (cāpayoḥ) | चापेषु (cāpeṣu) |
| vocative | चाप (cāpa) | चापे (cāpe) | चापानि (cāpāni) |
References
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2003), “*²čap-, *čamp-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 226
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “cāpa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 185
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “चाप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 393, column 1.