जप
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जप (japa) or deverbal form of जपना (japnā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəp/, [d͡ʒɐp]
Noun
जप • (jap) m
- repetition in a low tone of an incantation, or the name of a deity
- counting silently the beads of a rosary
- a muttered prayer or spell
- meditation on the name of a deity
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | जप jap |
जप jap |
| oblique | जप jap |
जपों japõ |
| vocative | जप jap |
जपो japo |
Derived terms
- जप करना (jap karnā, “to mutter prayers”)
- जप-तप (jap-tap, “devotion”)
- जप-माल (jap-māl)
- जप-माला (jap-mālā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “जप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জপ (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬧ (Balinese script)
- জপ (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀧 (Brahmi script)
- ဇပ (Burmese script)
- જપ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਪ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌪 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦥ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂣 (Kaithi script)
- ಜಪ (Kannada script)
- ជប (Khmer script)
- ຊປ (Lao script)
- ജപ (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘢 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐥 (Newa script)
- ଜପ (Odia script)
- ꢙꢦ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆥 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖢 (Siddham script)
- ජප (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩰 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚞 (Takri script)
- ஜப (Tamil script)
- జప (Telugu script)
- ชป (Thai script)
- ཛ་པ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root जप् (jap) + -अ (-a).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.pɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.pɐ/
Noun
जप॑ • (jápa) stem, m (root जप्)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | जपः॑ (jápaḥ) | जपौ॑ (jápau) जपा॑¹ (jápā¹) |
जपाः॑ (jápāḥ) जपा॑सः¹ (jápāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | जप॑म् (jápam) | जपौ॑ (jápau) जपा॑¹ (jápā¹) |
जपा॑न् (jápān) |
| instrumental | जपे॑न (jápena) | जपा॑भ्याम् (jápābhyām) | जपैः॑ (jápaiḥ) जपे॑भिः¹ (jápebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | जपा॑य (jápāya) | जपा॑भ्याम् (jápābhyām) | जपे॑भ्यः (jápebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | जपा॑त् (jápāt) | जपा॑भ्याम् (jápābhyām) | जपे॑भ्यः (jápebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | जप॑स्य (jápasya) | जप॑योः (jápayoḥ) | जपा॑नाम् (jápānām) |
| locative | जपे॑ (jápe) | जप॑योः (jápayoḥ) | जपे॑षु (jápeṣu) |
| vocative | जप॑ (jápa) | जपौ॑ (jápau) जपा॑¹ (jápā¹) |
जपाः॑ (jápāḥ) जपा॑सः¹ (jápāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- जपमाला (japamālā, “prayer beads”)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “जप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 412, column 1.