जप्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Onomatopoeic, compare जल्प् (jalp).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    जप् • (jap)

    1. to whisper, mutter, utter in a low voice, especially prayers or incantations
    2. to pray in a low voice
    3. to invoke or call upon in a low voice

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • जप॑ति (jápati, present)
    • ज॒पि॒ष्यति॑ (japiṣyáti, future)
    • ज॒पि॒ता (japitā́, periphrastic future)
    • अजा॑पीत् (ájāpīt, aorist)
    • अज॑पीत् (ájapīt, aorist)
    • ज॒जाप॑ (jajā́pa, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • ज॒प्यते॑ (japyáte, passive)
    • जा॒पय॑ति (jāpáyati, causative)
    • अजी॑जपत् (ájījapat, causative aorist)
    • जिजपिषति (jijapiṣati, desiderative)
    • ज॒ञ्ज॒प्यते॑ (jañjapyáte, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • जपित (japita, past participle)
    • जप्त (japta, past participle)
    • जपितुम् (japitum, infinitive)
    • जपित्वा (japitvā, gerund)
    • जप्त्वा (japtvā, gerund)
    • जप्य॑ (jápya, gerundive)
    • जप्तव्य (japtavya, gerundive)
    • जपनीय (japanīya, gerundive)
    Derived nominal forms
    • जञ्जपूक (jañjapūka)
    • जप॑ (jápa)
    • जपन (japana)
    • जपिन् (japin)
    • जाप (jāpa)
    • जापक (jāpaka)
    • जापिन् (jāpin)
    • जाप्य (jāpya)
    Prefixed root forms
    • अनुजप् (anujap)
    • अभिजप् (abhijap)
    • आजप् (ājap)
    • उपजप् (upajap)
    • प्रजप् (prajap)
    • प्रतिजप् (pratijap)
    • संजप् (saṃjap)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root जप् (0 c, 2 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root जप् (2 c, 0 e)

    References

    • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “जप्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “jap”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “JAP”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 570-1